Memory phrase for the character: 驾

驾

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Meaning

to harness, to draw (a cart etc), to pilot

Pronunciation

 jià

Explanation

 Top: to add 加 (For getting power 力 your mouth 口 needs sth. to be 'added' [= to eat]), bottom: horse 马/馬 (.. with mane, four legs 灬 and tail ㄅ)

Mnemonic
 
Add this to a horse: A harness to draw/direct it.

Radicals

加 to add
马 horseSimplified from 馬, which is the image of a running horse with the mane in the wind, four legs 灬 and a tail.
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 Vocabulary

戒严 jiè yán  
驾驶 jià shǐ  to pilot (ship, airplane etc); to drive
自驾租赁 zì jià zū lìn  self-drive hire (of a car etc)
驾驭 jià yù  to urge on (of horse); to drive; to steer; to handle; to manage; to master; to dominate
驾辕 jià yuán  to pull a carriage (of draft animal)
驾辕 jià yuán  

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