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JLPT N1 kanji · Chapter 15

駆 kanji: meaning, readings and stroke order

drive; run

On: クku
Kun: かけるkakeru かるkaru おうou

Onreadings from Chinese, in katakanaKunJapanese readings, in hiraganaOn’yomi vs Kun’yomi

駆14 strokes

How to write 駆: stroke order

駆 has 14 strokes. Each step adds the next stroke in red, with a dot where it starts. Tap the large character above to watch it written again.

駆 stroke order diagram with numbered strokes — The stroke order of 駆 in one diagram: each number marks where its stroke starts.

Kanji stroke order: The 10 rules, with animated examples

Stroke order data: KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel and contributors (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Parts of 駆

The parts 駆 is built from, each highlighted where it sits. Parts that are kanji themselves link to their own page.

馬
horse
Radical
区
district; division

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JLPT N1 kanji · Chapter 15

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