駆 — drive, run, gallop

かる駆 drive

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 14 strokes

U+99C6 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1033 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #2137 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

drive
run
gallop
advance
inspire
impel

word

か ka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

駆(か) る karu to drive 駆(か) ける kakeru to run 駆(か) けつける kaketsukeru to rush to

く ku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

駆(く) 使(し) kushi free use 駆(く) 動(どう) kudou drive 駆(く) 除(じょ) kujo extermination 先(せん) 駆(く) senku pioneer

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

うま馬 horse #187

く区 ward

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#187 馬 horse