Chinese Character Wiki
逐

zhú

chase

Depicts a foot (辶) chasing after a wild hog (豕).

Components
辶 iconic component

辶  Iconic component

chuò

  

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

豕 iconic component

豕  Iconic component

shǐ

  

pig

Evolution

逐 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

逐  

zhú

chase, expel; one by one; to pursue; to chase; individually

Most common words with 逐
Freq.
Word
Meaning

逐渐

gradually

逐步

progressively

驱逐

to expel

追逐

to chase

角逐

to tussle

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[l]riwk

drjuwk

zhú

pursue


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 16.7227% of movies

1636th most common character in movies

954th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+9010

Shuowen

“逐，追也。从辵，从豚省。”


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