Han Character 騹

騹 writes the same classical horse word as 騏.

The word names a fine horse with dark, mottled markings. The written form belongs to a variant tradition: related graphs write the same horse term.

The 騏 family appears in Warring States Chu manuscripts written on bamboo and silk. This is the earliest evidence cited here for the family; it does not establish that the exact graph 騹 was already used then.

Taiwan's Ministry of Education variant-character dictionary records 騹 as a form of 騏. It notes no separate 騹 headword in the Shuowen, an early Chinese dictionary, as of 2024.

Why do I see 騹 instead of 騏?

騹 is a recorded variant of 騏, not a different word.

Use 騹 when matching a historical source or a dictionary entry that prints this form. 騏 is the clearer standard counterpart; 骐 is its simplified Chinese form. All three write the same horse word.

The Xunzi, an early Chinese philosophical text, lists 騹驥 among excellent horses. Here the character sits in a literary series of horse names.

How do I type 騹?

With Mandarin Pinyin input, type qí and choose 騹 from the candidates.

Pinyin input, a typing method based on Mandarin pronunciation, can also offer 騏 and 骐 for qí, so check the candidates. On a Cangjie keyboard, which enters characters through component codes, the recorded sequence is SFTLM. Handwriting or component search can help when an input list omits this uncommon form.