骧
(literary) to run friskily (of a horse); to raise; to hold high
Closest English meanings
gallop·leap·prance
The Calligrapher — Wáng Xīzhī 王羲之
The 'Sage of Calligraphy'; his running script has set the standard for 1,700 years.
Eastern Jin calligrapher (303–361), master of running script/cursive script/regular script — the Sage of Calligraphy; his Orchid Pavilion Preface is the most celebrated work in the tradition, and nearly every later master traces lineage to his hand. Eastern Jin dynasty
Cultural Story
骧 sets 马 beside 襄 and is defined in the 《説文解字》 as 马首昂也, "a horse raising its head." It pictured the lift of a proud neck—galloping, leaping, prancing upward rather than merely running.
Common words & phrases
- 龙骧 dragon prancing
- 骧跃 leap · prance
- 骧腾 gallop · rise
- 骧首 raise head · prance
Read the story behind the character
骧 means to gallop and prance. 龙骧, "the dragon prancing," titles noble fleets and steeds; 骧首 is to raise the head high, 骧跃 to leap, and 骧腾 to rise. The character carries majesty, the upward thrust of something refusing to stay low.
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