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Mythic Mandarin

驾 (jià): meaning and stroke order

驾 (jià) means to harness, to draw (a cart etc), to drive, to pilot, to sail, to ride, your good self.

驾

Simplified
驾
Traditional
駕
Pinyin
jià

Stroke order of 驾

驾

  • Jià surname Jia
  • jià to harness; to draw (a cart etc)
  • 8 strokes
  • Traditional form: 駕

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 驾

  1. jià Traditional 駕
    • to harness
    • to draw (a cart etc)
    • to drive
    • to pilot
    • to sail
    • to ride
    • your good self
    • prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辭|敬辞[jing4 ci2])
  2. Jià Traditional 駕
    • surname Jia

Radical and structure

驾
Radical 马 (Kangxi radical 187) in its simplified form · 8 strokes · 加 on top, 马 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 驾

驾 in our stories

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  • 孙悟空驾着筋斗云去远处找吃的。他刚走，一个提着饭篮的年轻姑娘就出现在了路上。

    Sūn Wùkōng jià zhe jīndǒuyún qù yuǎnchù zhǎo chī de tā gāng zǒu yí gè tí zhe fànlán de niánqīng gūniang jiù chūxiàn zài le lù shàng

    Sun Wukong rode his somersault cloud far off to look for food. No sooner had he gone than a young woman carrying a basket of food appeared on the path.

    From the story Monkey strikes the White Bone Demon three times HSK 6

Stories using 驾

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).