Kanji1 / 14
駆 kanji
drive, run, gallop, advance, inspire, impel
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N1 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
ク
Kun readings
かけるかる
Variant forms
敺駈驅Words with 駆
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —駆使Popularusing freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
- —駆除Popularextermination (of pests); eradication; stamping out (e.g. a social evil)
- —駆逐Popularexpulsion; driving out; driving away; extermination
- —駆動Populardrive; driving (force)
- —先駆Popularforerunner; precursor; pioneer; leader; outrider; outriding
- —駆逐艦Populardestroyer (ship)
- —前駆outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); outriding; harbinger; herald; precursor; forerunner; foretoken; anticipation
- —長駆long march
- —馳駆galloping around on a horse; running around; making every effort (to do); exerting oneself
- —疾駆riding fast; driving a horse fast
- —四駆four-wheel drive
- —駆水dehydrating
- —駆虫exterminating insects; pest control; deinsectization
- —駆体skeleton (of a building); frame; framework
- —駆虫剤insecticide; bug repellent
- —駆動機drive (engine)
- —先駆者pioneer; trailblazer; leader; groundbreaker; pathfinder; forerunner
- —前駆戦skirmish; prefinal (in games)
- —駆潜艇submarine chaser
- —駆動力driving power