駛

See also: 驶

駛 U+99DB, 駛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-99DB ← 駚 [U+99DA] CJK Unified Ideographs 駜 → [U+99DC]

Translingual

Han character

駛 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+5, 15 strokes, cangjie input 尸火中大 (SFLK), four-corner 7530₆, composition ⿰馬史)

1. to sail, drive, pilot
2. fast, quick

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1437, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44679
• Dae Jaweon: page 1961, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4547, character 5
• Unihan data for U+99DB

Chinese

trad.		駛
simp.		驶

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (史) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
吏	*rɯs
倳	*ʔsrɯs
剚	*ʔsrɯs
事	*ʔsrɯs, *zrɯs
史	*srɯʔ
使	*srɯʔ, *srɯs
駛	*srɯʔ, *srɯs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *srɯʔ, *srɯs) : semantic 馬 + phonetic 史 (OC *srɯʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shǐ (shi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): si³

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sai² / si²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): soi²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ́
• Eastern Min (BUC): sāi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sái / sú / sír

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǐh
    • Wade–Giles: shih³
    • Yale: shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyy
    • Palladius: ши (ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: si³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: s
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sai² / si²
    • Yale: sái / sí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai² / si²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei² / xi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³⁵/, /siː³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: soi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sᵘɔi⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si³
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sāi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sai³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sái
    • Tâi-lô: sái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sae
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /sai⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sai⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sú
    • Tâi-lô: sú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /su⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sír
    • Tâi-lô: sír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁵⁵⁴/

Note:

• sái - vernacular;
• sú/sír - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: sai²
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sái
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sai⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: sriX, sriH

Rime
Character	駛	駛
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	踈士切	踈吏切
Baxter	sriX	sriH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɨX/	/ʃɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃɨX/	/ʃɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃieX/	/ʃieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂɨX/	/ʂɨH/
Li Rong	/ʃiəX/	/ʃiəH/
Wang Li	/ʃĭəX/	/ʃĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂiX/	/ʂiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shǐ	shì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si2	si3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*srɯʔ/, /*srɯs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	駛	駛
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	11489	11490
Phonetic component	史	史
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	史	𩢲
Old Chinese	/*srɯʔ/	/*srɯs/

Definitions

駛

1. to run quickly; to dash; to scamper; to gallop
2. to drive (a vehicle); to sail (a vessel); to fly (an aircraft)

   • 大家小心認眞來駛電車 [Malaysian Huiyang Hakka, trad.]
     大家小心认真来驶电车 [Malaysian Huiyang Hakka, simp.]

     From: 張少林 (Chong Sau Lin), 路霸

     Everyone be careful, who knows who can really drive a car

3. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 使 (sai2, “to need to; to need”)
4. (Taiwanese Hokkien, vulgar) Alternative form of 使 (sái, “to fuck”)

Synonyms

• (to run quickly):

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• 奔跑 (bēnpǎo)
• 快跑 (kuàipǎo)
• 狂奔 (kuángbēn)

 

Compounds

• 行駛／行驶 (xíngshǐ)
• 開駛／开驶 (kāishǐ)
• 駛恁娘／驶恁娘
• 駛車／驶车
• 駕駛／驾驶 (jiàshǐ)

 

References

• “駛”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “Entry #11572”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Japanese

Kanji

駛

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): し (shi)
• Kun: はせる (haseru)、はやい (hayai)

Korean

Hanja

駛 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune–Reischauer sa, Yale sa)

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Vietnamese

Han character

駛: Hán Nôm readings: sử

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