驅

See also: 駆 and 驱

Translingual

shinjitai	駆
simplified	驱
traditional	驅

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 馬 (“horse”) + phonetic 區.

Han character

驅 (radical 187 馬+11, 21 strokes, cangjie input 尸火尸口口 (SFSRR), four-corner 7131₆, composition ⿰馬區)

1. spur a horse on
2. expel, drive away

Descendants

• 駆 驱

References

• KangXi: page 1444, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44968
• Dae Jaweon: page 1968, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4574, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9A45

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Chinese

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trad.		驅
simp.		驱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qū (qu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): keoi¹
• Min Nan (POJ): khu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: qū
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ü¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiu
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: keoi¹
    • Yale: kēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koei¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khu
    • Tâi-lô: khu
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰu³⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (驅, reconstructed)
Character (驅), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 溪 (29) Final: 虞 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 豈俱切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kʰɨo/	/kʰi̯u/	/kʰio/	/kʰio/	/kʰuə̆/	/kʰĭu/	/kʰio/
Character (驅), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 溪 (29) Final: 虞 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 區遇切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kʰɨoH/	/kʰi̯uH/	/kʰioH/	/kʰioH/	/kʰuə̆H/	/kʰĭuH/	/kʰioH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (驅, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
驅								qū								‹ khju ›								/*[k]ʰ(r)o/								drive (horses) forward
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
驅					10606					區					侯					0					區					/*kʰo/
驅					10612					區					侯					0					驅					/*kʰos/

Definitions

驅

1. to run quickly
   • 並駕齊驅／并驾齐驱 ("to keep pace with, to run neck and neck")
   • 馳驅／驰驱 ("to gallop, to run fast")

Verb

驅

1. to expel; to disperse

   • 夏天他們通常點香驅蚊。 [MSC, trad.]

     夏天他们通常点香驱蚊。 [MSC, simp.]

     Xiàtiān tāmen tōngcháng diǎn xiāng qū wén. [Pinyin]

     In summer, they usually burn some coil incense to keep away the mosquitoes.

2. to drive (a horse, a car); to urge on; to spur

   • 他驅馬向前。 [MSC, trad.]

     他驱马向前。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā qū mǎ xiàngqián. [Pinyin]

     He spurred his horse forward.

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Japanese

Kanji

驅

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 駆)

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Readings

• On: く (ku), きゅう (kyū)
• Kun: かける (kakeru), かる (karu)

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Korean

Hanja

驅 (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune-Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

驅 (xúi, khu, xù)

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