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Keyword
to dash
  • drive
  • run
  • gallop
  • advance
  • inspire
  • impel
Frequency
#1033
Strokes
14
Grade
8
JLPT (old)
N1
Heisig
2137
Readings
か57%
ク43%
Mnemonic
A horse in a busy district bolts down the street and you grab the reins as it begins to dash across.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
駆く逐ちく
expulsion; driving out; driving away; extermination
Noun
駆く使し
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
Noun
駆かけ引ひき
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; maneuvering; diplomacy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops
Noun
駆く除じょ
extermination (of pests); eradication; stamping out (e.g. a social evil)
Noun
駆く動どう
drive; driving (force)
Noun
駆く逐ちく艦かん
destroyer (ship)
Noun
駆かけつけ三さん杯ばい
three cups of sake which latecomers to a party are made to drink
Noun
先せん駆く
forerunner; precursor; pioneer; leader; outrider; outriding
Noun
駆かける
to soar; to fly
Godan verb
先さき駆がけ
pioneer; leader; taking the initiative; forerunner; harbinger; herald; leading an attack; charging ahead of others (towards the enemy)
Noun
駆かけ巡めぐる
to run about; to rush about
Godan verb
先さき駆がける
to do (something) before (something or someone else); to be ahead of (others, the times, etc.)
Ichidan verb
駆かけ込こみ
running in; rushing into; last-minute rush
Noun
駆かけつける
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
Ichidan verb
駆かけ
canter; gallop
Noun
駆かける
to run; to dash; to race; to gallop (on horseback); to canter
Ichidan verb
駆かけ上あがる
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
Godan verb
駆かけっこ
(foot) race; sprint
Noun
駆かけ足あし
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
Noun
駆かけ出だし
novice; beginner; starting to run; running off; running away
Noun
駆かり立たてる
to flush out (a hare, fox, etc.); to drive out; to beat out; to start; to drive (cattle, sheep, etc.); to urge on; to spur (a horse); to drive (to do); to urge; to spur on; …
Ichidan verb
駆かる
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
Godan verb
駆かけ落おち
elopement; running away with a lover
Noun
駆かけ出だす
to run out; to rush out; to start running; to begin to run; to break into a run
Godan verb