zhì

stallion

To climb  on a horse  also provides the pronunciation

Components
陟 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

zhì

  

climb

馬 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

horse

Evolution

騭 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
騭 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

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

Seal script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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zhì

stallion; promote; a stallion; to rise; to arrange; to stabilize; to differentiate; to judge