追 (zhuī)
to chase; to pursue
How 追 is written
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 辶 — walk
- Traditional
- 追
- Simplified
- 追 (unchanged)
Components
- 辶 walk
- 㠯 N/A
- 丶 dot
追 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- duī
- to sculpt; to carve; musical instrument (old)
- zhuī
- to chase after; to seek; to do one's utmost to seek or procure sth; to recall
Common words using 追
- 追求 zhuīqiú
- to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after; to woo
- 追上 zhuīshàng
- to overtake
- 追問 zhuīwèn
- to question closely; to investigate in detail; to examine minutely
- 追尋 zhuīxún
- to pursue; to track down; to search
- 追憶 zhuīyì
- to recollect; to recall (past times); to look back
- 追捕 zhuībǔ
- to hunt (a criminal); to hunt and capture
- 追捧 zhuīpěng
- to chase after (a popular person or item); to pursue; popularity
- 追擊 zhuījī
- to pursue and attack
- 追殺 zhuīshā
- to chase to kill
- 追究 zhuījiū
- to investigate; to look into
- 追趕 zhuīgǎn
- to pursue; to chase after; to accelerate
- 追蹤 zhuīzōng
- to follow a trail; to trace; to pursue
追 in a sentence
警察正在追那個小偷。
Jǐngchá zhèngzài zhuī nàge xiǎotōu.
“The police are chasing that thief.”
How common is 追?
追 is the 767th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 84.5% of all running text.
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