驅

See also: 駆 and 驱

驅 U+9A45, 驅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9A45 ← 驄 [U+9A44] CJK Unified Ideographs 驆 → [U+9A46]

Translingual

Traditional	驅
Shinjitai	駆
Simplified	驱

Han character

驅 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+11, 21 strokes, cangjie input 尸火尸口口 (SFSRR), four-corner 7131₆, composition ⿰馬區)

Descendants

• 駆 驱

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1444, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44968
• Dae Jaweon: page 1968, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4574, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9A45

Chinese

trad.		驅
simp.		驱
alternative forms		駆 駈

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 驅
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (區) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
摳	*kʰoː, *kʰo
彄	*kʰoː
剾	*kʰoː, *qoː
謳	*qoː
歐	*qoː, *qoːʔ
區	*qoː, *kʰo
鷗	*qoː
甌	*qoː
漚	*qoː, *qoːs
瞘	*qoː
嘔	*qoː, *qoːʔ
櫙	*qoː
膒	*qoː
蓲	*qoː, *kʰu, *qo, *qos
醧	*qoː, *qas
鏂	*qoː
毆	*qoːʔ
塸	*qoːʔ
貙	*kʰl'o
樞	*kʰjo
驅	*kʰo, *kʰos
軀	*kʰo
嶇	*kʰo
鰸	*kʰo
敺	*kʰo
傴	*qoʔ
嫗	*qos
饇	*qos

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰo, *kʰos) : semantic 馬 (“horse”) + phonetic 區 (OC *qoː, *kʰo).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qū (qu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): keoi¹
• Northern Min (KCR): kṳ́
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khu / khi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qū
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü¹
    • Yale: chyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiu
    • Palladius: цюй (cjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: keoi¹
    • Yale: kēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: kṳ́
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰy⁵⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khu
    • Tâi-lô: khu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qw
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /kʰu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khi
    • Tâi-lô: khi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: khju, khjuH

Rime
Character	驅	驅
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	豈俱切	區遇切
Baxter	khju	khjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɨo/	/kʰɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰio/	/kʰioH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰio/	/kʰioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰuə̆/	/kʰuə̆H/
Li Rong	/kʰio/	/kʰioH/
Wang Li	/kʰĭu/	/kʰĭuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰi̯u/	/kʰi̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qū	qù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	heoi1	heoi3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʰ(r)o/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰo/, /*kʰos/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	驅
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qū
Middle Chinese	‹ khju ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʰ(r)o/
English	drive (horses) forward
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	驅	驅
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10606	10612
Phonetic component	區	區
Rime group	侯	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	區	驅
Old Chinese	/*kʰo/	/*kʰos/

Definitions

驅

1. to drive (a horse or a car); to spur

   驅馬向前／驱马向前  ―  qūmǎ xiàngqián  ―  to spur one's horse forward

   • 子有車馬，弗馳弗驅。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子有车马，弗驰弗驱。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zǐ yǒu chēmǎ, fú chí fú qū. [Pinyin]

     You have carriages and horses,
     But you will not drive them.

2. to run quickly

   並駕齊驅／并驾齐驱  ―  bìngjiàqíqū  ―  to run neck and neck

   長驅直入／长驱直入  ―  chángqūzhírù  ―  to drive straight in

3. to expel; to disperse

   驅蚊／驱蚊  ―  qūwén  ―  to expel mosquitoes

   • 神定，捉蝦蟆，鞭數十，驅之別院。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     神定，捉虾蟆，鞭数十，驱之别院。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 19th century, Shen Fu, 浮生六記, (Six Records of a Floating Life)

     Shén dìng, zhuō háma, biān shù shí, qū zhī bié yuàn. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. to compel

   驅使／驱使  ―  qūshǐ  ―  to drive; to spur

5. Short for 驅逐艦／驱逐舰 (qūzhújiàn, “destroyer”).

Compounds

• 並駕齊驅／并驾齐驱 (bìngjiàqíqū)
• 光驅／光驱 (guāngqū)
• 先驅／先驱 (xiānqū)
• 驅使／驱使 (qūshǐ)
• 驅動／驱动 (qūdòng)
• 驅動力／驱动力 (qūdònglì)
• 驅動器／驱动器 (qūdòngqì)
• 驅動程序／驱动程序 (qūdòng chéngxù)
• 驅動輪／驱动轮 (qūdònglún)
• 驅役／驱役
• 驅散／驱散 (qūsàn)
• 驅病／驱病
• 驅走／驱走 (qūzǒu)
• 驅趕／驱赶 (qūgǎn)
• 驅車／驱车 (qūchē)
• 驅逐／驱逐 (qūzhú)
• 驅逐令／驱逐令
• 驅逐出境／驱逐出境
• 驅逐艦／驱逐舰 (qūzhújiàn)
• 驅邪／驱邪 (qūxié)
• 驅除／驱除 (qūchú)
• 驅除韃虜／驱除鞑虏
• 驅魔／驱魔 (qūmó)
• 驅魔趕鬼／驱魔赶鬼

 

Japanese

Shinjitai	駆
Kyūjitai	驅

Kanji

驅

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 駆)

1. spur a horse on
2. expel
3. drive away

Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: く (ku)
• On: きゅう (kyū)
• Kun: かける (kakeru, 驅ける); かる (karu, 驅る)

Korean

Hanja

驅 (eumhun 몰 구 (mol gu))

1. Hanja form^? of 구 (“spur a horse on”).
2. Hanja form^? of 구 (“expel, drive away”).

Vietnamese

Han character

驅: Hán Nôm readings: xúi, khu, xù

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