驹 meaning and stroke order
Colt; fleet, swift; surname
How to write 驹, stroke by stroke
8 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 驹
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- colt
How 驹 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Horse.
马 gives the meaning and 句 hints at the sound.
Radical: 马 (horse), shared by 54 characters on this site.
How to remember 驹
驹 (jū) combines 马 (mǎ, horse) for meaning and 句 (jù) for sound. Picture a young horse learning its first short sentence 句, a little colt still growing up.
驹 (jū) means a young horse and is rarely used alone in speech. It usually appears in words like 马驹 (mǎjū) or in literary phrases. Example: 草地上有一匹小马驹。(Cǎodì shang yǒu yì pǐ xiǎo mǎjū.) There is a little colt on the grass.
Common mistake: Learners often read 驹 as jù because of the phonetic 句 (jù), but 驹 is first tone jū. Also do not confuse it with 驱 (qū, to drive), which has 区 on the right instead of 句.
Common words with 驹
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 马驹 | mǎjū | young horse (colt or filly) |
Questions about 驹
How many strokes are in 驹?
驹 is written with 8 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 驹 mean?
驹 (jū) means colt; fleet, swift; surname. A common word with it is 马驹 (mǎjū), meaning "young horse (colt or filly)".
How do you pronounce 驹?
驹 is pronounced jū, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 驹?
The radical of 驹 is 马, which carries the idea of "horse". Dictionaries list 驹 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 驹?
The traditional form of 驹 is 駒. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 驹 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
What does the idiom 白驹过隙 mean?
白驹过隙 (bái jū guò xì) literally means a white colt flashing past a crack in a wall. It describes how quickly time passes, similar to saying time flies.
Does 马驹 mean only a male horse?
No. 马驹 (mǎjū) refers to any young horse, male or female, so it covers both colt and filly. To specify sex you would add words like 公 (gōng, male) or 母 (mǔ, female).