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Kotomora

驖

black (horse)

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Readings

On'yomi

  • テツ
  • デチ

Kun'yomi

  • くろくりげ

Meaning

驖 centers on a black horse, specifically a horse with a deep black coat. The meaning is narrow and concrete, with no clear abstract extensions.

Study

Etymology

驖 combines 馬 (horse) with 鐵 (iron), likely suggesting a horse with an iron-black coat. The exact historical development is uncertain, but the phono-semantic structure is plausible.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side is a horse 馬, and the right side looks like a dense, metallic structure. Imagine a horse with a coat so dark it gleams like black iron.

Reading mnemonic

For テツ, picture a black horse named Tetsu, its coat shining like iron: Tetsu -> テツ, and the horse is as dark as metal.