Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1033 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: drive, run, gallop, advance, inspire, impel

Kunyomi: か.ける か.る

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: horse

Examples

Onyomi Examples

使 クシ using freely, making full use of, having a good command of, working (someone) hard, driving (someone) on

クジョ extermination (esp. pests), expulsion, destruction

センク forerunner, precursor, pioneer, leader, outrider, outriding

シック riding fast, driving a horse fast

Kunyomi Examples

翔る かける to soar, to fly, to run, to dash

ける かける to run, to dash, to race, to gallop (on horseback), to canter, to advance (against one's enemy), to charge (on horseback)

かる to spur on, to urge forward, to impel, to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)