Additional information about 驥
說文解字: 【驥】,千里馬也,孫陽所相者。从馬、冀聲。天水有驥縣。 【几利切】
- Criteria
- HORSE
1. The dominant word for a horse is mǎ 馬.
2. Jì 驥 refers to a fast steed.
3. Jùn 駿 refers to a stallion of outstanding talents.
4. Qí 騏 refers to a fine horse of any kind.
5. Nú 駑 is the standard word for an inferior horse, a stag.
6. Tái 駘 is a rarer word for an inferior kind of horse which it is dangerous to use.
NB: There is a rich variety of terms for all manner of horses in Ěryǎ 爾雅, but this terminology is not widely employed in the literature.
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