驹 (jū) is a Chinese character meaning “a young horse”. It is written from 马 (horse) and 句 (sentence; phrase), side by side, and takes 8 strokes.
Build the character for “colt; young horse”
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Structure
马 + 句
Left–right structure
Structure from: 说文解字：駒，馬二歲曰駒，三歲曰駣。从馬句聲
Memory aid
A horse (马) on the left, with 句 on the right giving the sound. Think of a young horse still learning — it can only manage one short 句 of a gallop before it stops.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
8 strokes
In real words
- 马驹mǎ jūfoal; colt驹 = jū
- 千里驹qiān lǐ jūa swift horse that runs a thousand li; a highly gifted young person驹 = jū
Go deeper
All readings
colt; foal
a young horse; a colt or foal; by extension, a promising young person
少壮的马；小马。也借指有才能的年轻人。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 马驹mǎ jūfoal; colt驹 = jū
- 千里驹qiān lǐ jūa swift horse that runs a thousand li; a highly gifted young person驹 = jū
Sound component
句 family tone diff
Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions
Questions people ask about this character
What does 驹 mean?
驹 (jū) means a young horse; a colt or foal; by extension, a promising young person.
How do you pronounce 驹?
It is pronounced jū.
What parts is 驹 made of?
马 (horse) and 句 (sentence; phrase), side by side. The recorded source is: 说文解字：駒，馬二歲曰駒，三歲曰駣。从馬句聲. Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 驹 have?
8. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 驹?
马. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 驹?
Common ones are 马驹 and 千里驹. The reading of 驹 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.