Memory phrase for the character: 驶

驶

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Meaning

to gallop, speedily, to pilot (ship, plane)

Pronunciation

shǐ

Explanation

Left: horse 马/馬 (.. with mane, four legs 灬 and tail ㄅ), right: history 史 (Here: a body 口 of the horse with wide steps 丈 and thus only two legs on the ground.)

Mnemonic

The horse has two legs on ground, when: galloping.

Radicals

馬	horse	Picture of a running horse with the mane in the wind, four legs 灬 and the tail.
丈	unit of length	A tall 大 person making a wide lunge (= lateral step) to the right to measure this distance.

Vocabulary

行驶	xíng shǐ	to travel along a route (of vehicles etc)
驾驶	jià shǐ	to pilot (ship, airplane etc); to drive
驾驶	jià shǐ

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