騁 meaning and stroke order

chěng

To gallop, to hasten, to hurry

Strokes17
Pinyinchěng
ToneTone 3

How to write 騁, stroke by stroke

17 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.

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Meaning of 騁

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.

chěngthird tone (dipping)
  1. to hasten
  2. to run
  3. to open up
  4. to gallop

How 騁 is built

Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Horse.

馬 gives the meaning and 甹 hints at the sound.

Radical: 馬 (horse), shared by 47 characters on this site.

Common words with 騁

Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.

WordPinyinMeaningLevel
馳騁chíchěngto gallop; to rush headlong

Questions about 騁

How many strokes are in 騁?

騁 is written with 17 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.

What does 騁 mean?

騁 (chěng) means to gallop, to hasten, to hurry. A common word with it is 驰骋 (chíchěng), meaning "to gallop; to rush headlong".

How do you pronounce 騁?

騁 is pronounced chěng, in the third tone (dipping).

What is the radical of 騁?

The radical of 騁 is 馬, which carries the idea of "horse". Dictionaries list 騁 under this radical.

What is the simplified form of 騁?

騁 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 骋, used in mainland China and Singapore.