追

Translingual

Han character

追 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹口口 (YHRR), four-corner 3730₇, composition ⿺辶𠂤)

Derived characters

• 𰂨 缒 𨻡 㗓 塠 搥 𡟴 𢊅 𢟋 𨕵 𫗰 𮐕 㷟 槌 膇 𤧫 㾽 磓 𥡈 𫷤 𬭨 𬻾 𮖦 𮟄 䊚 縋 𧏴 𧪲 𨃬 䨨 鎚 䭔 𩌝 𩔦 𩠱 𩪀 𫑓 𩺬 𬩱

See also

• 遣

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1256, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38836
• Dae Jaweon: page 1739, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3829, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8FFD

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 追
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tul) : semantic 辶 (“movement”) + phonetic 𠂤 () – moving after, pursuit.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Definitions

追

1. to chase after; to pursue (someone)
2. to hunt; to track
3. to pursue (fame, etc.); to seek

   追夢／追梦  ―  zhuīmèng  ―  to chase one's dreams

   1. (specifically) to woo; to chase; to court
4. (literary, or in compounds) to recall; to recollect
5. (literary, or in compounds) posthumously

   追贈／追赠  ―  zhuīzèng  ―  to bestow an honour posthumously

6. (literary, or in compounds) to do something as a make-up measure
7. (literary, or in compounds) to get to the bottom of; to look into and find out
8. (literary, or in compounds) to expel
9. (slang, neologism) to watch in succession

   追劇／追剧  ―  zhuījù  ―  to binge-watch episodes of a television series

Synonyms

• (to chase after):

• (to recall):

• (to get to the bottom of): 查究 (chájiū)

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

追

1. (literary) Synonym of 雕 (diāo, “to carve jade”)
2. (historical) knob on an instrumental bell for hanging
3. Alternative form of 堆 (duī, “sand drift; small hill”)

Compounds

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Definitions

追

1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 逐 (“to chase; to pursue”)
   • 2012, 詹雅雯 (lyrics and music), “思念追袂返來”‎performed by 詹雅雯:

     思念追袂返來　我最愛最愛的您 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     思念追袂返来　我最爱最爱的您 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     su-liām jiok bōe tńg--lâi, góa chòe-ài chòe-ài ê lí [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Reminiscing can't chase you back, my beloved, beloved one

   • 2017, “最美的路”, 潘協慶 [Tom Pan] (lyrics), 蕭煌奇 [Ricky Hsiao] (music)‎performed by 蕭煌奇 [Ricky Hsiao]:

     就當作阮卡憨慢追妳未到 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     就当作阮卡憨慢追你未到 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     tiō tòng-chòe gún khah hân-bān giok lí bōe tio̍h [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Just consider me stupid, not being able to pursue you

   • 2018, 陳宏銘 [Chen Hung-ming] (lyrics and music), “我在傷心你在笑”‎performed by 洪榮宏 [Chris Hung]:

     美姑娘啊是眾人追 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     美姑娘啊是众人追 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     súi ko͘-niû--ah sī chèng-lâng liok [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Pretty girls, everyone would pursue

   • 2022, 石國人 (lyrics and music), “緣份比紙薄”‎performed by 廖婉君 and 楊哲:

     妳的心　不倘乎我追袂到 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     你的心　不倘乎我追袂到 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     lí ê sim, m̄-thang hō͘ góa jiok bōe tio̍h [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Your heart, don't allow me not to be able to pursue it

   • 2022, “冷冷的孤單”, 江志豐, 周彥君 (lyrics), 江志豐 (music)‎performed by 江志豐:

     遠遠追無你的形影 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     远远追无你的形影 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     hn̄g-hn̄g jiok-bô lí ê hêng-iáⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     In a distance, I cannot chase after your form and shadow

References

• “追”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai	追
Kyūjitai	追󠄁 追+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	追󠄃 追+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. to follow, to chase

Readings

• Go-on: つい (tsui, Jōyō)^{←つゐ (twi, historical)}
• Kan-on: つい (tsui, Jōyō)^{←つゐ (twi, historical)}
• On: たい (tai)
• Kun: おう (ou, 追う, Jōyō)^{←おふ (ofu, 追ふ, historical)}

Compounds

References

• Family Register Unified Characters (戸籍統一文字) 439290

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 追 (MC trwij).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

追

Wikisource

追 (eumhun 쫓을 추 (jjocheul chu))

1. Hanja form^? of 추 (“to chase; to follow”).

Compounds

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 追 (MC twoj).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): ~
• Phonetic hangul:

Hanja

追 (eumhun 갈 퇴 (gal toe))

1. Hanja form^? of 퇴 (“to carve”).

Compounds

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

追: Hán Nôm readings: truy, choai

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