The kanji 駒 primarily means "horse" or "foal". It refers to a young horse, especially a colt or filly. It can also be used more broadly to refer to a horse, often in a poetic or literary context.

・On-yomi (音読み): ク (ku) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): こま (koma)

⚫︎ 将棋の駒 Translation: Shogi piece (chess piece) ⚫︎ 子馬 Translation: Foal, colt, or filly ⚫︎ 白駒の爪 Translation: "White Horse's Hoof" (used in a poem, referring to a horse and/or its beauty or speed).

The kanji 駒 is a 形声文字 (keisei moji), a phonetic-semantic compound. The left side is a radical called 馬 (uma), which means "horse". The right side is 句 (ku), which represents the sound and also implies the idea of dividing or marking, perhaps referring to the markings or features on a horse. The combination of the "horse" radical and the phonetic component suggests the young of horse.