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Kanji Detail for 騎 - "riding horse, cavalry"

騎

  • Meaning

    騎 means "riding horse, cavalry." Also associated with to ride.

    1. To ride - To mount a horse; to straddle.

    2. Riding horse - A horse for riding.

    3. Cavalry - Mounted soldiers; also a counter for them.

  • Words using 騎

    • 騎手 きしゅ Listen horseman; rider; jockey
    • 一騎打ち いっきうち Listen single combat; duel; one-on-one fight
    • 騎士 きし Listen (medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
    • 騎馬 きば Listen horse riding; horseback riding; horseback rider

  • Four-character idioms with 騎

    • 一騎当千 いっきとうせん Listen being a match for a thousand; being a mighty warrior (combatant, player)

  • Tattoo check: 騎

    • Verified meaning: riding horse, cavalry
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to ride

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    equestrian; riding on horses; counter for equestrians

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    ride horseback; mount; cavalry

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (Tw) saddle horse; mounted soldier

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to ride, to mount; cavalry

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To straddle a horse. | Anything straddling both sides is called 騎. As in 騎牆 (sitting on the fence), 騎縫 (straddling a seam). | A horse with saddle and bridle is called 騎. As in 車騎 (carriages and cavalry).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ki(キ) キ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    18 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    馬 (uma・umahen)

  • Related Keywords

    to ride riding horse cavalry mount straddle equestrian rider gallop horseback saddle reins steed

Sentences including 騎

  • He is out and away the best jockey.

  • Look at that knight on the horse.

  • The knight swore an oath of allegiance to the king.

  • The knight is not so much brave as reckless.

  • The man and his horse that fell off the cliff were soon rescued.

  • The prancing chestnut mare whinnied as she tried to get rid of the rider.

  • The brave knight steps forward and kisses the lady on the hand.

  • Before the horse race begins, the jockeys grip the reins tightly to restrain the impatient horses.

  • The key to raising every soldier into a great warrior is in strengthening training.

  • In the days of the knights, they wore armor to protect themselves from sword-fight wounds.

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