趕

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See also: 赶
趕 U+8D95, 趕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8D95
← 趔
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 趖 →

Translingual

Han character

趕 (Kangxi radical 156, 走+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 土人日一十 (GOAMJ), four-corner 46804, composition ⿺走旱)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1217, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37149
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1686, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3488, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+8D95

Chinese

trad. 趕
simp. 赶*
alternative forms 赶

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (干) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
訐 *krads, *krads, *ked, *kad
肝 *kaːn
竿 *kaːn
干 *kaːn
奸 *kaːn
玕 *kaːn
汗 *kaːn, *ɡaːn, *ɡaːns
迀 *kaːn
忓 *kaːn, *ɡaːns
鳱 *kaːn
邗 *kaːn, *ɡaːn
秆 *kaːnʔ
矸 *kaːnʔ, *kaːns, *ɡaːns
仠 *kaːnʔ
皯 *kaːnʔ
衦 *kaːnʔ
簳 *kaːnʔ
擀 *kaːnʔ
旰 *kaːns
盰 *kaːns
幹 *kaːns
杆 *kaːns
骭 *kaːns, *ɡraːns
桿 *kaːnʔ
趕 *kaːnʔ
稈 *kaːnʔ
刊 *kʰaːn
靬 *kʰaːn, *kʰaːns, *kreːn, *kan
衎 *kʰaːnʔ, *kʰaːns
犴 *ŋaːn, *ŋaːns
豻 *ŋaːn, *ŋaːns, *ɦŋaːns, *ŋ̊ʰraːn
頇 *ŋaːns, *hŋaːn, *ŋaːd
岸 *ŋɡaːns
鼾 *qʰaːn, *ɢaːns
罕 *qʰaːnʔ, *qʰaːns
焊 *qʰaːnʔ, *ɡaːns
蔊 *qʰaːnʔ
虷 *ɡaːn
旱 *ɡaːnʔ
皔 *ɡaːnʔ
釬 *ɡaːns
扞 *ɡaːns
閈 *ɡaːns
馯 *ɡaːns, *kʰraːn
捍 *ɡaːns, *ɡraːnʔ
悍 *ɡaːns
銲 *ɡaːns
垾 *ɡaːns
駻 *ɡaːns
睅 *ɡʷranʔ
娨 *ɡraːns
飦 *kan
赶 *ɡan, *ɡʷad
軒 *qʰan
蓒 *qʰan
酐 *qʰaːŋʔ
澣 *ɡʷaːnʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kaːnʔ) : semantic 走 + phonetic 旱 (OC *ɡaːnʔ).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • kán - literary;
  • kóaⁿ - vernacular.

Definitions

趕

  1. to overtake; to catch up with
    趕上／赶上  ―  gǎnshàng  ―  to keep up with
    追趕／追赶  ―  zhuīgǎn  ―  to pursue, to catch up with
    我們會趕在他們前面一些。 [MSC, trad.]
    我们会赶在他们前面一些。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒmen huì gǎn zài tāmen qiánmiàn yīxiē.
    We will be that much ahead of them.
    年輕人喜歡趕潮流。 [MSC, trad.]
    年轻人喜欢赶潮流。 [MSC, simp.]
    Niánqīngrén xǐhuān gǎn cháoliú.
    Young people are keen on following the trend.
  2. to hurry; to rush
    趕赴／赶赴  ―  gǎnfù  ―  to hurry, to rush
    趕來／赶来  ―  gǎnlái  ―  to rush over
    我並不趕時間。／我并不赶时间。  ―  Wǒ bìngbù gǎn shíjiān.  ―  I'm not in a hurry.
    天黑了，學生們趕著回家。 [MSC, trad.]
    天黑了，学生们赶着回家。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tiānhēi le, xuéshēng men gǎnzhe huíjiā.
    It was getting dark, so the students rushed home.
  3. to try to catch (a bus, train, etc)
    我們要趕快去趕公共汽車。 [MSC, trad.]
    我们要赶快去赶公共汽车。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒmen yào gǎnkuài qù gǎn gōnggòngqìchē.
    We'll hurry and catch a bus.
  4. to drive (animal, vehicle)
    別忘了6點前把羊趕進羊圈。 [MSC, trad.]
    别忘了6点前把羊赶进羊圈。 [MSC, simp.]
    Bié wàng le 6 diǎn qián bǎ yáng gǎn jìn yáng juàn.
    Don't forget to drive the sheep in before 6 o'clock.
  5. to drive someone away; to chase away
    趕跑／赶跑  ―  gǎnpǎo  ―  to drive away, to repel
  6. to avail oneself of (an opportunity); happen to
  7. (colloquial) until; till
    咱們的婚事趕春節再辦吧。 [MSC, trad.]
    咱们的婚事赶春节再办吧。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zánmen de hūnshì gǎn chūnjié zài bàn ba.
    Let's put off our wedding till the Spring Festival.
  8. (colloquial) rushed; hurried

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

趕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): かん (kan)
  • Kun: おう (ō)

Vietnamese

Han character

趕: Hán Nôm readings: cản, kiển

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