Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife

駆: drive, run

Also: gallop, advance, inspire, impel

JLPT N114 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

馬 carries the meaning · 区 gives the sound

14 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

クku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 駆使くし
  • 駆動くどうdrive; driving (force)
  • 先駆せんくforerunner; precursor; pioneer
  • 駆除くじょextermination (of pests); eradication
  • 駆逐艦くちくかんdestroyer (ship)

かけるkakeru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 先駆けさきがけpioneer; leader; taking the initiative
  • 駆けるかけるto run; to dash; to race
  • 駆け足かけあしrunning fast; double time

Also read かる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Gallop ahead! Imagine a spirited stallion charging across a field, its mane flying in the wind.”
More in the 馬 horse story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
馬

Also built on horse (馬)

All 11
区

Also built on ward (区)

The 区 family reads オウ (ou); 駆 is read ク.

Also read ク

21 kanji share this on'yomiAll 21

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
駆 drive · 区
vs駒 pony · 句
駆 has 区 where 駒 has 句.
In ChineseSimplified 驱 · traditional 驅 · qū

Three different forms: Japanese 駆, simplified 驱, traditional 驅.

Simplified
驱 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
驅 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin qū most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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