驾
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])
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,115 U+9A7E
How 驾 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
马 (semantic, “horse”) + 加 (phonetic, jiā)
How to remember it
drive · Heisig RSH #2902
加 add + 马 horse
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 加
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 加 (jiā) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 加 sound component | jiā | to add to, to increase, to augment |
| 架 | jià | frame, rack, stand; to prop up |
| 嘉 | jiā | excellent; joyful; auspicious |
| 咖 | kā | coffee; used in transliterations |
| 伽 | jiā | temple; used to transliterations |
| 茄 | qié | eggplant |
| 迦 | jiā | used in transliterations |
| 痂 | jiā | scab |
| 枷 | jiā | the stocks, a cangue scaffold |
| 瘸 | qué | lameness; paralysis of the hands or legs |
| 跏 | jiā | to squat, to sit cross-legged |
| 袈 | jiā | Buddhist cassock |
| 笳 | jiā | reed whistle |
Words containing 驾
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 三驾马车 | sān jià mǎ chē | troika; (fig.) three driving forces; three-person leadership structure |
| 酒后驾车 | jiǔ hòu jià chē | driving under the influence |
| 自驾车 | zì jià chē | to drive oneself somewhere; private vehicle; (Tw) self-driving car; autonomous car |
| 大驾光临 | dà jià guāng lín | we are honored by your presence |
| 自驾游 | zì jià yóu | to go on a self-drive tour; to go on a road trip |
| 大驾 | dà jià | imperial chariot; (fig.) emperor; (polite) you |
| 自驾 | zì jià | to drive oneself somewhere |
| 驾机 | jià jī | to fly an airplane |
| 车驾 | chē jià | the emperor's carriage; (metonym) the emperor |
| 驾车 | jià chē | to drive a vehicle |
| 保驾护航 | bǎo jià hù háng | (idiom) to safeguard (sth); to protect (sth) |
| 教宗座驾 | jiào zōng zuò jià | popemobile |
| 代驾 | dài jià | to drive a vehicle for its owner (often as a paid service for sb who has consumed alcohol)… |
| 饮酒驾车 | yǐn jiǔ jià chē | drink and drive (moderately high blood alcohol concentration) |
| 保驾 | bǎo jià | (in former times) to escort the emperor (or other important personage); (nowadays) to esco… |
| 见驾 | jiàn jià | to have an audience (with the emperor) |
| 醉酒驾车 | zuì jiǔ jià chē | drunk driving (very high blood alcohol concentration) |
| 酒驾 | jiǔ jià | driving while intoxicated; DWI; to drink and drive |
| 当驾 | dāng jià | imperial driver |
| 毒驾 | dú jià | to drive under the influence of drugs |