Kanji N1

駆: drive, run, gallop

駆 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning drive, run, gallop, written with 14 strokes. It is read ク (on) and かける, かる (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 駆ける (かける, to run) and 駆け足 (かけあし, running fast).

駆

Meanings

  • drive
  • run
  • gallop
  • advance
  • inspire
  • impel
Strokes14
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1033 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ク

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • かける
  • かる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 駆

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 駆けるかける

    to run; to dash; to race

    JLPT N1
  • 駆け足かけあし

    running fast; double time

    JLPT N1
  • 駆けっこかけっこ

    (foot) race; sprint

    JLPT N1
  • 駆使くし

    using freely; making full use of

  • 駆動くどう

    drive; driving (force)

  • 先駆せんく

    forerunner; precursor; pioneer; leader

  • 駆け引きかけひき

    bargaining; haggling

  • 駆除くじょ

    extermination (of pests); eradication

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.