騲

Information about character(s)

Radical: 馬
Radical Strokes: 10
Additional Strokes: 10
Total Strokes: 19

Pronunciation

Pinyin: cǎo
Cantonese: cou2

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: the female of certain animals such as horses, a mare

康熙字典文字版 【亥集上】【馬字部】騲
【廣韻】采老切【集韻】采早切，𠀤音草。【玉篇】牝畜之通稱。【正字通】本作草。晉郭欽謂魏杜畿課民畜牸牛草馬。【顏氏家訓】詩魯頌，駉駉牡馬。江南本皆作牝牡之牡，河北悉爲放牧之牧。鄴下博士見難云：駉頌旣美僖公牧于坰野之事，何限騲騭乎。余答云：按《毛詩》駉駉良馬，腹幹肥張也。若作放牧之意，通於牝牡，則不容限在良馬，獨得駉駉之稱，良馬諸侯以充朝聘，郊祀必無騲也。今以詩傳，良馬通於牧騲，恐失毛氏意。
考證：〔【正字通】本作草。晉郭欽謂魏杜畿課民畜㹀牛草馬。〕　謹照原文㹀牛改牸牛。原版已改。