驶

駛
shǐ
#1,518 most
frequent character
(of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

驶 has 马 horse as the meaning part and 史 shǐ as the sound part. It first meant a fast running horse. The sense grew to gallop, then to drive or pilot a vehicle, and to go quickly.

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Homophones

HSK 3
使shǐ
to make, to cause, to enable
始shǐ
to begin, to start, then, only then
史shǐ
history, annals

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