U+9A78 "驸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9A78 "驸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as a component in compound words, most notably in the term "驸马" (fùmǎ), which historically refers to the husband of an imperial princess, often translated as "imperial son-in-law" or "prince consort." Composed of the radical 马 (horse) on the left and the phonetic component 付 on the right, the character itself literally means "attached horse" or "extra horse," reflecting its original use in ancient China to denote a carriage with a spare horse harnessed alongside. In modern usage, while the character appears in historical and literary contexts, it retains a strong cultural association with the role of imperial kinship and the specific social status of a princess's spouse.