駕 (jià) — to harness, to drive (a vehicle); noun

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL A2 (est.) · 字

駕 character · TOCFL A2 (est.)

駕＝加＋馬

ㄐㄧㄚˋ · jià

verb — to harness, to drive (a vehicle); noun — a carriage

字源 FORM — what the parts do

加聲jiā — gives the sound; a mouth and a strength

Tjiā → jià — the tone shifts

馬義a horse

加 jiā, set on top for the sound, over a horse (馬). To put a horse to the shafts and set the cart moving: to harness, to drive (駕車、駕駛). From holding the reins comes the steering of any vehicle.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

馬（馬）套進車轅，韁繩一抖，車就動了。

The horse (馬) is backed into the shafts, the reins twitch, and the cart rolls forward.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)駕車、駕馭— to harness, to drive a horse常用

→駕駛— to drive (a vehicle)常用

→車駕、聖駕— a carriage; a royal conveyance

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension