Hanja Analyzer
騎

騎 — gi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
말탈 기
Romanization
gi
English
ride horseback; mount; cavalry
Mandarin
qí
Japanese on'yomi
キ, ギ
Japanese kun'yomi
のる
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,696 of 2,500
Strokes
18
Radical
馬 (187, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
奇(기)
Unicode
U+9A0E

Parts that make up 騎

  • 馬 말 마 갈기와 네 다리말과 말을 부리는 일
  • 奇 기특할 기sound 큰 대(大)에 可 를 더한 모양남다른 것. ‘기’ 계열의 소리

How 騎 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 騎 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 馬, 奇.

Korean example words with 騎

  • 기마騎馬 Korean gloss: 말을 탐
  • 기수騎手 Korean gloss: 경마에서 말을 타는 사람
  • 단기單騎 Korean gloss: 혼자서 말을 타고 감. 또는 그 사람
  • 정기병精騎兵 Korean gloss: 정예로운 기병
  • 기마술騎馬術 Korean gloss: 말을 타는 기술
  • 기마전騎馬戰 Korean gloss: 말을 타고 하는 싸움
  • 기병전騎兵戰 Korean gloss: 기병들이 벌이는 싸움
  • 기병대騎兵隊 Korean gloss: 전쟁에서 말을 타고 싸우는 군대
  • 기마대騎馬隊 Korean gloss: 말을 타고 싸우는 군인들로 이루어진 부대
  • 기마상騎馬像 Korean gloss: 말을 타고 있는 모양의 조각 작품이나 그림
  • 경기병輕騎兵 Korean gloss: 민첩하게 활동할 수 있도록 가볍게 무장한 기병
  • 명기수名騎手 Korean gloss: 승마나 경마에서 실력이 뛰어나 널리 알려진 기수

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 騎

  • 騎手きしゅ horseman; rider; jockey
  • 一騎打ちいっきうち single combat; duel; one-on-one fight
  • 騎士きし (medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
  • 騎馬きば horse riding; horseback riding; horseback rider
  • 騎乗きじょう riding (on horseback); mounting (a horse)
  • 騎士道きしどう chivalry
  • 騎兵きへい cavalry; cavalryman; trooper
  • 騎き counter for horsemen
  • 一騎いっき one horseman
  • 騎行きこう horseback riding
  • 騎射きしゃ shooting on horseback; equestrian archery
  • 単騎たんき single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed

Characters sharing the phonetic 奇

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “기” in Korean.

Other hanja read “기”

Other hanja with radical 馬

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