Unicode: U+9A71

Pinyin: qū

Definition

* 赶牲口。 ~马。~策。~驰。 * 赶走。 ~动。~赶。~寒。 * 强行、逼迫。 ~使。~遣(a.强迫;b.赶走;c.消除,排除情绪)。 * 快跑。 并驾齐~。先~。前~

spur a horse on; expel, drive away

Structure

驱 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Bronze Inscriptions
c. 1200–221 BCE (Shang–Zhou; continues into the Warring States)
Inscriptions cast or engraved on ritual bronzes, especially prominent from the Western Zhou onward; a major source for early political, ritual, and social history.Wikipedia ->
31_F17D31_F17B31_F17C
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
27_9A4527_657A
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
84_E1D184_E1D284_E1D384_E1D4

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC