懂中文 Dong Chinese

驅

qū

spur a horse on

Phonosemantic compound. 馬 represents the meaning and 區 represents the sound.

Components
馬 meaning component

馬  Meaning component

mǎ

  

horse

區 sound component

區  Sound component

qū, oū

  

area

Evolution

驅 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
驅 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
驅 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
驅 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

驱 (驅) 

qū

spur a horse on; expel, drive away; to expel; to urge on; to drive; to run quickly

Most common words with 驅
Freq.
Word
Meaning

驱逐

to expel

驱

to expel

驱动

to drive

驱使

to urge

先驱

pioneer