闯
chuǎng · HSK 5
rush
🐎🚪 horse 马 bursting through a door 门 = charge/rush
Decomposition: 门 (door) + 马 (horse). A horse breaking out through a gate captures the meaning: to rush, charge, or break through. Extended sense: to temper oneself by braving difficulties (闯荡).
闯 — horse 马 inside gate 门
闯 depicts a horse 马 bursting through a gate 门, vividly conveying the idea of rushing or charging through. Originally it described a horse forcing its way out, and by extension came to mean to dash, barge in, or boldly venture into new territory.