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Kotomora

騧

tan horse

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Readings

On'yomi

  • カ
  • イ
  • カイ
  • ゲ

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

騧 centers on a specific horse coat color: a tan or yellowish-brown horse. The meaning is narrow and concrete, with no clear abstract extensions.

Study

Etymology

騧 combines 馬 (horse) with 咼, which likely contributes the sound. The character was created to name a specific horse color.

Meaning mnemonic

The horse radical 馬 stands beside 咼, which looks a bit like a stylized saddle or marking. Picture a tan horse with a distinctive saddle-shaped patch: 騧 is that tan horse.

Reading mnemonic

For カ, imagine a tan horse pulling a car: car -> カ, and the horse's coat is the color of sun-bleached wood.