What 驎 means
It names a horse’s coat markings and appears in 騏驎. An early written record appears in the 《爾雅》, a Chinese reference work, in a horse passage: 「青驪驎，驒」 describes a dark-coated horse with fish-scale-like markings.
Later dictionaries add a black-lipped horse and record 騏驎 for a white horse with a black back, a fine horse, or the qilin. The compound connects the horse term to the legendary creature; bare 驎 does not reliably name it.
Someone sent me 驎—what does it mean?
Read the compound or source before guessing. Sent alone, 驎 is not a dependable everyday reaction. In a quoted classical passage about horses, it points to coat or color; in 騏驎, the compound can mean a fine horse or the auspicious qilin. If someone sends only 驎, ask which text, name, or word they intended.
Use 驎 when preserving historical wording, discussing character history, or reproducing a name. Use 麒麟 for the ordinary modern name of the legendary creature.
Classical and specialist; modern everyday writing names the qilin as 麒麟.
Bare 驎 can look like a historical spelling; its creature reading is documented in 騏驎.
Who writes 驎
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsA coat-pattern term for a dark horse with fish-scale-like markings.
Don't confuse it with
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麒麟 For 驎 vs 麒麟: 麒麟 is the ordinary two-character name of the auspicious creature; use that form in everyday writing.
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1Why does 驎 show as a box?
It can: rendering is font-dependent. A placeholder means the active font lacks 驎; a font with broader CJK coverage may display it.
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How to type or find 驎
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- lin · qilin · kirin · 騏驎 · 麒麟 · 黑唇馬 · 斑紋馬 · 驎字
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驎\9A4ECodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.