Memory phrase for the character: 駆

駆

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Meaning

gallop, run, canter

Pronunciation

KU
kakeru, karu

Explanation

 Left: horse 馬 (image with a mane 三 in the wind, four legs 灬 and the tail フ), right: district/ward 区 (= marked box)

Mnemonic
 
The horse from the marked box is special in galloping.

Radicals

馬 horsePicture of a running horse with the mane in the wind, four legs 灬 and the tail.
区 section, district, ward




 Vocabulary

駆ける かける  to run (race, esp. horse or car)
駆け足 かけあし  running fast, double time
疾駆 しっく  riding fast, driving a horse fast
駆け引き かけひき  tactics; strategy; bargaining

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