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Kanji Detail for 追 - "to chase, to follow"

追

  • Meaning

    追 means "to chase, to follow." Also associated with to add.

    1. Chase - To pursue; to follow after.

    2. Follow - To go behind; to track.

    3. Add - To supplement; to append.

    4. Reminisce - To recall the past.

  • Words using 追

    • 追加 ついか Listen addition; supplement; appending
    • 追及 ついきゅう Listen investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing
    • 追い込む おいこむ Listen to herd; to drive; to chase
    • 追放 ついほう Listen exile; banishment; eviction
    • 追悼 ついとう Listen mourning
    • 追い風 おいかぜ Listen tailwind; fair wind; favorable wind (favourable)
    • 追徴 ついちょう Listen supplementary charge; additional collection
    • 追跡 ついせき Listen chase; pursuit; tracking

  • Four-character idioms with 追

    • 追善供養 ついぜんくよう Listen memorial service
    • 阿諛追従 あゆついしょう Listen excessive flattery; adulation

  • Origin of 追

    辶, the road radical, with 𠂤, the army-mound, which lends the reading tsui: to pursue. 追う is to chase; 追加 is to add on behind.

    How to remember it: Down the road 辶 after something — to pursue.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

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    • Verified meaning: to chase, to follow
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read おいさき, さこ)
    • Also carries these associations: to add

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 追

    Surnames 追(おいさき)Listen 追(さこ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    chase; drive away; follow; pursue; meanwhile

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    pursue, chase after; expel

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to sculpt; to carve; musical instrument (old)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to pursue, to chase after; to expel

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Walking quickly to follow. When one behind seeks to catch up with someone ahead, it is called 追. Such as saying 追踵而至 (following on each other's heels). | To catch up with. "Analects" says "Those yet to come can still be pursued." | Looking back on the past is called 追. Such as 追念 (recall), 追悼 (mourn).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    tsui(ツイ) ツイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    o.u(お-う) お-う

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    辵 辶 (shinnyo・shinnyu)

  • Related Keywords

    to chase to follow to add reminisce pursue after append behind hound hunt recall search seek shadow supplement tail track trail

Sentences including 追

  • The police have traced her to paris.

  • The thief ran away and the policeman ran after him.

  • I ran as fast as possible to catch up with.

  • A man overtook her.

  • The dog ran after the cat.

  • She walked fast so as to catch up with the others.

  • Go ahead. i'll catch up with you in ten minutes.

  • We could not overtake him.

  • I ran as fast as possible to catch up with him.

  • She has caught up with you in every respect.

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