駆

See also: 驅 and 驱

駆 U+99C6, 駆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-99C6 ← 駅 [U+99C5] CJK Unified Ideographs 駇 → [U+99C7]

Translingual

Traditional	驅
Shinjitai	駆
Simplified	驱

Etymology

Simplified from 驅 (區 → 区). In current form, Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 馬 + phonetic 区 ().

Han character

駆 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+4, 14 strokes, cangjie input 尸火尸大 (SFSK), composition ⿰馬区)

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

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1435, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44634
• Dae Jaweon: page 1960, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4543, character 10
• Unihan data for U+99C6

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 駆 – see 驅 (“to drive; to spur; to run quickly; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 驅).

Japanese

Shinjitai	駆
Kyūjitai	驅

Kanji

駆

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 驅)

1. drive
2. run

Readings

• Go-on: く (ku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: く (ku, Jōyō)
• Kun: かける (kakeru, 駆ける, Jōyō); かる (karu, 駆る, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 駆使(くし) (kushi)
• 駆除(くじょ) (kujo)
• 駆水(くすい) (kusui)
• 駆体(くたい) (kutai)
• 駆逐(くちく) (kuchiku)
• 駆動(くどう) (kudō)
• 駆歩(くほ) (kuho)
• 疾駆(しゃっく) (shakku)
• 先駆(せんく) (senku)
• 前駆(ぜんく) (zenku)
• 馳駆(ちく) (chiku)
• 長駆(ちょうく) (chōku)

Korean

Hanja

駆 (eum 구 (gu))

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