Definitions
old variant of 騮|骝[liú]
Etymology
About
The character 駵 is a phono-semantic compound. Its semantic radical 馬 (mǎ) denotes the horse category, while the phonetic component 畧 (liú) indicates the pronunciation. The character refers to a horse with a red body and a black mane and tail, a specific color term in classical equine descriptions. It appears in historical and agricultural texts with little metaphorical use. This structure, combining a semantic category with a sound marker, is typical for characters naming particular animals. In modern contexts, it is sometimes replaced by the variant 骝, which uses the simplified radical 马 with the same phonetic element.