漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife
駒: pony, horse
Also: colt
JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
馬 carries the meaning · 句 is drawn in
15 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
こまkoma · kun'yomi · on its own
- 駒こまpiece (in shogi, chess, etc.)
- 荒駒あらごまwild or untamed horse
- 手駒てごま(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's…
Also read ク, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Gallop ahead! Imagine a spirited stallion charging across a field, its mane flying in the wind.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
句
Also built on phrase (句)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side駒 pony · 句
vs駆 drive · 区In ChineseSimplified 驹 · traditional, as in Japanese · jū
Japan keeps the traditional form 駒; mainland China simplifies it to 驹.
- Simplified
- 驹 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 駒 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jū most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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