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Translingual
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
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
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 摳
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*kʰoː, *kʰo
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| 彄
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*kʰoː
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| 剾
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*kʰoː, *qoː
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| 謳
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*qoː
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| 歐
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*qoː, *qoːʔ
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| 區
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*qoː, *kʰo
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| 鷗
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*qoː
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| 甌
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*qoː
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| 漚
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*qoː, *qoːs
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| 瞘
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*qoː
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| 嘔
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*qoː, *qoːʔ
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| 櫙
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*qoː
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| 膒
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*qoː
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| 蓲
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*qoː, *kʰu, *qo, *qos
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| 醧
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*qoː, *qas
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| 鏂
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*qoː
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| 毆
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*qoːʔ
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| 塸
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*qoːʔ
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| 貙
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*kʰl'o
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| 樞
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*kʰjo
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| 驅
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*kʰo, *kʰos
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| 軀
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*kʰo
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| 嶇
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*kʰo
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| 鰸
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*kʰo
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| 敺
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*kʰo
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| 傴
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*qoʔ
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| 嫗
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*qos
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| 饇
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*qos
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰo, *kʰos) : semantic 馬 (“horse”) + phonetic 區 (OC *qoː, *kʰo).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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驅
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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qū
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ khju ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʰ(r)o/
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| English
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drive (horses) forward
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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驅
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驅
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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10606
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10612
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Phonetic
component
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區
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區
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Rime
group
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侯
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侯
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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區
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驅
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰo/
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/*kʰos/
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Definitions
驅
- 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
- 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
- to expel; to disperse
- 驅蚊／驱蚊 ― qūwén ― to expel mosquitoes
- to compel
- 驅使／驱使 ― qūshǐ ― to drive; to spur
- Short for 驅逐艦／驱逐舰 (qūzhújiàn, “destroyer”).
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
驅
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 駆)
- spur a horse on
- expel
- drive away
Readings
Korean
Hanja
驅 (eumhun 몰 구 (mol gu))
- Hanja form? of 구 (“spur a horse on”).
- Hanja form? of 구 (“expel, drive away”).
Vietnamese
Han character
驅: Hán Nôm readings: xúi, khu, xù
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