Chinese symbol for “propel”
驱动
qū dòng
Traditional: 驅動
to drive; to propel; drive (vehicle wheel); drive mechanism (tape or disk)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for propel is 驱动 (qū dòng), defined as: to drive; to propel; drive (vehicle wheel); drive mechanism (tape or disk); device driver (computing software).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “propel”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 驱动.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 驱逐 (驅逐) | qū zhú | to expel; to deport |
| 先驱 (先驅) | xiān qū | to pioneer; pioneer; trailblazer |
| 驱逐舰 (驅逐艦) | qū zhú jiàn | destroyer (warship) |
| 驱使 (驅使) | qū shǐ | to urge; to prompt |
| 驱赶 (驅趕) | qū gǎn | to drive (vehicle); to drive out |
| 活动 (活動) | huó dòng | to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) |
| 运动 (運動) | yùn dòng | to move; to exercise |
| 行动 (行動) | xíng dòng | operation; action |
See also: Japanese symbol for “propel”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.