EntryCommon
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

    to spur on; to urge forward; to impel

    彼は衝動に駆られた。
    He was borne away by an impulse.
  2. to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

Also written 駈る【かる】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

drive, run, gallop, advance, inspire, impel

Kun
か.けるか.る
On
Strokes
14
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1033 of 2500
Radical
horse
WaniKani
Level 40

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Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-10-4SKIP code
10a4.5The Kanji Dictionary
7131.4Four corner code
3475deroo
99c6Unicode hex code
1-22-78JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5200Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6736New Nelson (John Haig)
1823New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2293Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1185Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1619Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1983Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2137Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1477A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1271Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
44634Morohashi
1183A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1882Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2049Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1910Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1743Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1611Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1916Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2002Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qu1Pinyin reading
guKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
40WaniKani level