Japanese symbol for “awd”

全輪駆動

ぜんりんくどう

Romaji: zenrinkudou

all-wheel drive; AWD

In Japanese, awd is 全輪駆動, read ぜんりんくどう (zenrinkudou).

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Meanings

adj-no, n all-wheel drive; AWD

Kanji and stroke order

全

whole, entire, all

on: ゼン
kun: まった.く、すべ.て

6 strokes · JLPT 2

輪

wheel, ring, circle

on: リン
kun: わ

15 strokes · JLPT 2

駆

drive, run, gallop

on: ク
kun: か.ける、か.る

14 strokes · JLPT 1

動

move, motion, change

on: ドウ
kun: うご.く、うご.かす

11 strokes · JLPT 3

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
全部	ぜんぶ zenbu	all; entire; whole
全員	ぜんいん zen'in	all members; all hands; everyone
安全	あんぜん anzen	safety; security
完全	かんぜん kanzen	perfect; complete
全国	ぜんこく zenkoku	the whole country
全体	ぜんたい zentai	whole; entirety
指輪	ゆびわ yubiwa	(finger) ring
五輪	ごりん gorin	Olympic Games; Olympics
駆逐	くちく kuchiku	expulsion; driving out; driving away
活動	かつどう katsudou	activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.