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駆

駆 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. （馬などが）かける。
  2. （馬などを）かる、かけさせる。
  3. 思いどおり行う、徹底的に行う。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「驅」の略体（區」→「区」の類推）。「驅」については驅#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

drive, run, gallop, advance, inspire, impel

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • クJHS
Kun (native)
  • か(ける)JHS
  • か(る)JHS
Other languages
  • 拼音qu1
  • 한글gu
  • Hán-ViệtKhu

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
馬(うま)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+99C6

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰馬区

Words using this kanji

  • 駆使くしてこと。 にこと。using freely, making full use of, having a good command of, working (someone) hard
  • 駆け引きかけひき「かけひき」の漢字表記。bargaining, haggling, tactics, strategy
  • 駆動くどう動力を伝えて機械を動かすこと。「四輪駆動」drive, driving (force)
  • 駆け込みかけこみrunning in, rushing into, last-minute rush
  • 駆けつけるかけつけるto run to, to come running, to rush (someplace), to hasten
  • 駆除くじょ害虫などを追い払ったり殺したりして取り除くこと。extermination (of pests), eradication, stamping out (e.g. a social evil)
  • 駆けるかけるかける#動詞：駆ける 参照。to run, to dash, to race, to gallop (on horseback)
  • 駆逐艦くちくかん魚雷と小型の大砲を装備し高速で航行できる小型軍艦。デストロイヤー。destroyer (ship)
  • 駆るかるかる 参照。to spur on, to urge forward, to impel, to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
  • 駆け足かけあし「かけあし」の漢字表記。running fast, double time, cantering, doing things in a hurry
  • 駆逐くちく追い払うこと。expulsion, driving out, driving away, extermination
  • 駆け回るかけまわるto run around, to bustle about
  • 駆けっこかけっこ(foot) race, sprint
  • 駆けつけ三杯かけつけさんばいthree cups of sake which latecomers to a party are made to drink
  • 駆り立てるかりたてるto flush out (a hare, fox, etc.), to drive out, to beat out, to start
  • 駆け出すかけだすto run out, to rush out, to start running, to begin to run
  • 駆け出しかけだしnovice, beginner, starting to run, running off
  • 駆け巡るかけめぐるto run about, to rush about
  • 駆け寄るかけよるto run up to, to rush over
  • 駆け込むかけこむ「かけこむ」の漢字表記。to run into, to rush into, to (run and) seek refuge in, to take shelter in

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-10-4
Four Corner
7131.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
10a4.5
Heisig
2137
Nelson
5200