# 驅

| 驅 | U+9A45, &#39493; 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 7131$_6$, 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
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 驅
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | 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 (qu$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): keoi$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): kṳ́
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khu / khi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qū
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cyu
*** Wade–Giles: chʻü$^1$
*** Yale: chyū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiu
*** Palladius: цюй (cjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: keoi$^1$
*** Yale: kēui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: koey$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kêu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɵy̯⁵⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: kṳ́
*** Sinological IPA : /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/
* 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/ | /kʰɨo$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰio/ | /kʰio$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰio/ | /kʰio$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰuə̆/ | /kʰuə̆$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰio/ | /kʰio$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰĭu/ | /kʰĭu$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kʰi̯u/ | /kʰi̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qū | qù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | heoi$^1$ | heoi$^3$ |
* 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
* 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
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th 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.
* 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
    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)
* to compel
    驅使／驱使 ― qūshǐ ― to drive; to spur
* 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

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 駆)
* spur a horse on
* expel
* 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))
* 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
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.