What 驱 means
It means to drive, drive away, power, or compel.
The Han-era dictionary tradition describes 驅 as a horse running: 馬 (“horse”) supplies meaning, 區 hints at sound, and 敺 is an older form.
Why do I see 驅 or 駆?
They are related standard forms.
Simplified Chinese uses 驱, traditional Chinese 驅, and standard Japanese 駆.
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Who writes 驱
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Related characters
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CJK Unified Ideograph-9A45
Traditional Chinese form corresponding to 驱.
CJK Unified Ideograph-99C6
Standard Japanese form in the same character lineage.
CJK Unified Ideograph-657A
Older written form recorded for 驅.
CJK Unified Ideograph-99Ac
In 驅, 馬 means “horse” and supplies its meaning.
CJK Unified Ideograph-5340
In 驅, 區 hints at its sound.
Combination ideas
3Drive away.
Power a machine or process.
Compel someone to act.
Questions people ask
1Why does 驱 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 驱
- Also called
- 驅 · 駆
- Search it as
- qu · qū · drive · expel · compel · 驱赶 · 驱动 · 驱使
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
驱CSS
\9A71How to type 驱
Use a Chinese Pinyin IME: type qu; select 驱.
Traditional output
Set the IME to Traditional Chinese; type qu and select 驅.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
驱
HTML hex
驱
CSS content
content: "\9A71";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E9%A9%B1
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.