驱

Pronunciation
Five Elements
FortuneAuspicious
Strokes21 strokes

Basic Info

Pronunciation
Five Elements
Fortune Auspicious
Radical
Simplified Strokes 7 strokes
Traditional Strokes 21 strokes
Traditional Form:敺,驅
Variant Form:駆,駈

Naming Meaning

Kangxi Dictionary

View Original Page 1444
View Original Page 1444
Hai Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Carriage (chē) 驱 Kangxi Strokes: 21 Page 1444, Entry 01 Ancient form: 敺 Pronounced qu. Jade Articles (Yupian): To drive away or send off. Book of Rites (Liji), Monthly Ordinances (Yueling): Drive away beasts so they do not harm the five grains. Also, according to the Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen): For a horse to run is called chi, to urge a horse is called qu. Jade Articles (Yupian): To gallop, to speed along. Book of Changes (Yijing), Bi Hexagram: The king uses a three-sided drive, letting the game in front escape. Also, the vanguard of an army is called xianqu, the middle rank is called zhongqu. Pronounced qiu. Same meaning. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Yong (Yongfeng): Galloping, speeding along, returning to offer condolences to the Marquis of Wei. Lu Yun's Fu: With a sorrowful heart I travel onward, urging those beside me to hasten. I command the River God to clear the stream, and order the Xiang Princesses to calm the flow. Pronounced xu. Same meaning. Ban Gu, Eastern Capital Rhapsody (Dongdu Fu): Raising the signal drums, repeating the order for the three-sided drive. The light chariots strike like thunder, the valiant cavalry rush like lightning. Tao Kan, Rhapsody on Observing the Wind (Xiangfeng Fu): The canopy alerts the carriage, the vanguard leads the way. Leopard-skin decorations follow behind, flourishing on the path ahead. Also interchangeably written as ou. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), House of Zhao: Ou is a place in the Dai region. History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Treatise on Food and Money: Urging the people to return to agriculture. Also rhyming with zhi (falling tone), pronounced zhu. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Qin (Qinfeng): The roaming rings press the carriage. Rhymes with xu and gu. Commonly written as 駈, which is incorrect.

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