chěng

gallop horse

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
馬 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

horse

甹 sound component

  Sound component

pīng

  

chivalrous knight

Evolution

騁 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
騁 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
騁 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
騁 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
騁 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

chěng

gallop horse; hasten, hurry; to hasten; to run; to open up; to gallop

Most common words with 騁
Freq.
Word
Meaning

驰骋

to gallop

to run

纵横驰骋

to criss-cross