駆ける

かける · kakeru · JLPT N3 · verb-ichidan

to run

🐎🏃 駆 = horse 馬 + district 区: a horse dashing across the ward

The horse radical 馬 marks speed: 駆ける is running fast, galloping or dashing, not a casual jog. Sound hook: kakeru sounds like cake-ru, someone racing to grab the last cake. Compare 走る (hashiru), the everyday word for run.

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