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The character 驾 (traditional: 駕) is a phono-semantic compound with the semantic radical 马/馬 (horse) at the bottom and the phonetic component 加 above. The horse radical connects it to its original meaning: harnessing a horse to a carriage or the yoke used for draft animals. Its core sense is the act of driving a vehicle, riding an animal, or piloting a vessel, derived from the historical context of horse-drawn transport. This meaning later extended to an honorific term for emperors or high officials, likening their presence to a grand imperial carriage.
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我刚刚学会驾驶。
他今天通过了驾考。
爸爸在驾校当教练。
请你出示一下驾照。
好的驾驶习惯很重要。
劳驾，请让一让路。
他熟练地驾驭了那匹马。
他的技术为公司的发展保驾。