Memory phrase for the character: 驶

驶

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Meaning

to gallop, speedily, to pilot (ship, plane)

Pronunciation

 shǐ

Explanation

 Left: horse 马/馬 (.. with mane, four legs 灬 and tail ㄅ), right: history 史 (Here: a body 口 of the horse with wide steps 丈 and thus only two legs on the ground.)

Mnemonic
 
The horse has two legs on ground, when: galloping.

Radicals

马 horseSimplified from 馬, which is the image of a running horse with the mane in the wind, four legs 灬 and a tail.
丈 unit of lengthA tall 大 person making a wide lunge (= lateral step) to the right to measure this distance.
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 Vocabulary

行驶 xíng shǐ  to travel along a route (of vehicles etc)
驾驶 jià shǐ  to pilot (ship, airplane etc); to drive
驾驶 jià shǐ  

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