漢字道KANJIDO

14 strokesRadical

4Junior high level14 strokesRadical
On
Kun
か.ける・か.る
Meaning
run; drive; gallop

Origin

ORIGIN

馬 "horse" with 区: to make a horse run — to gallop, to drive.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

駆使・駆逐・先駆
かける駆ける・抜け駆け
かる駆る・駆り立てる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 駆使くし

    using freely; mastery

  • 先駆せんく

    pioneer; forerunner

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

駅まで全力で駆けた。

I ran to the station at full speed.

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)