驖

驖 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+13, 23 strokes, cangjie input 尸火十戈土 (SFJIG), four-corner 7335₀, composition ⿰馬𢧜)

1. black (horse)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1445, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45022
• Dae Jaweon: page 1970, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4579, character 8
• Unihan data for U+9A56

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰiːɡ, *l'iːɡ) : semantic 馬 + phonetic 𢧜 ().

Perhaps related to 鐵 (OC *l̥ʰiːɡ, “iron”) as both may be derived from the etymon "black".

驖

1. black horse

   駟驖孔阜、六轡在手。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   驷𬴋孔阜、六辔在手。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

   Sì tiě kǒngfù, liù pèi zài shǒu. [Pinyin]

   His four iron-black horses are burly; The six reins are in the hand (of the charioteer).

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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• Go-on: てち (techi)
• Kan-on: てつ (tetsu)
• Kun: くろくりげ (kurokurige)