駆

音読おんよみ: ク

訓読くんよみ: かける・かる

画数かくすう: 14

部首ぶしゅ: 馬（うまへん）

Meaning

Drive / Gallop / Run Swiftly.

  • 駆かける — to dash; run swiftly
  • 駆使くし — skillful use; to press into service
  • 先駆せんく — forerunner; vanguard
  • 先駆者せんくしゃ — pioneer
  • 駆け足かけあし — at a run; (figuratively) rushed
  • 駆除くじょ — extermination; removal (of pests, bugs, etc.)

駆 combines the horse radical 馬 (motion, speed) with the right-hand component 区 (to mark out / drive within bounds). Together they paint the act of urging a horse forward — to drive, to gallop, to run swiftly.

区

駆 and 走 are often used interchangeably in Japanese to suggest running. The horse radical adds the nuance of galloping — fast, driving motion.

除
Creates

駆除くじょ — extermination; removal (e.g., of pests)

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