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追

zhuī, duī

pursue

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 𠂤 represents the sound.

Components
辶 meaning component

辶  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

𠂤 sound component

𠂤  Sound component

duī

  

mound

Evolution

追 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
追 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
追 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
追 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
追 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

追  

zhuī

pursue, chase after; expel; to chase after; to seek; to do one's utmost to seek or procure sth; to recall

追  

duī

to sculpt; to carve; musical instrument (old)

Most common words with 追
Freq.
Word
Meaning

追

to seek

追求

to woo

追踪

to trace

追究

to investigate

追查

to trace

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

槌 缒

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*truj

trwij

zhuī

pursue


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 53.9644% of movies

752nd most common character in movies

768th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+8FFD

Shuowen

“追，逐也。从辵，聲。”


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