馳

• Literal: To gallop; to ride a horse at full speed.
• General/Urgent: To rush, hurry, or dash toward a destination, usually implying a specific trajectory or purpose.
• Extension (Reach/Diffusion): The rapid spread of an abstract quality across a distance, most commonly regarding news or reputation (e.g., 馳名).
• Abstract: The racing of thoughts, ambitions, or the passage of time.

• Intransitive: The subject moves quickly.
• Causative/Transitive: To drive or urge a horse to gallop. When encountering this usage, determine if the object is the mount being driven or the destination being approached.

• vs. 奔 (bēn): While both indicate rushing, 奔 often suggests fleeing or running on foot; 馳 retains a weight and power associated with horseback.
• vs. 騁 (chéng): 馳 refers to the act of galloping; 騁 emphasizes "unbridling" or letting a horse run free. In the compound 馳騁, the sense often shifts toward the metaphorical exercise of one's talents or the unrestrained roaming of a career or life.

• Simplified variant: U+9A70.

// Tang-period reading: //djhiɛ (Fanqie: 直離).