漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife
騎: equestrian, riding on horses
Also: counter for equestrians
JLPT N118 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
馬 carries the meaning · 奇 gives the sound
18 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
キki · on'yomi · in compounds
- 騎手きしゅhorseman; rider; jockey
- 騎士きし
- 騎馬きばhorse riding; horseback riding
- 一騎打ちいっきうちsingle combat; duel; one-on-one fight
- 騎乗きじょうriding (on horseback); mounting (a horse)
- 騎兵きへいcavalry; cavalryman; trooper
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
奇
Also built on strange (奇)
騎 takes the 奇 family's reading, キ (ki).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side騎 equestrian · 奇
vs験 verification · 㑒In ChineseSimplified 骑 · traditional, as in Japanese · qí
Japan keeps the traditional form 騎; mainland China simplifies it to 骑.
- Simplified
- 骑 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 騎 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin qí most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
One click tells us. No sign-up.