逐

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See also: 遂
逐 U+9010, 逐
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9010
← 透
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 逑 →

Translingual

Han character

逐 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+7, 11 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 10 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 卜一尸人 (YMSO), four-corner 31303, composition ⿺辶豕)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1257, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38877
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1743, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3839, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+9010

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 逐
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (逐) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
篴 *l'ɯːwɢ, *l'ɯwɢ
蓫 *l̥ʰɯwɢ, *l'ɯwɢ, *hlɯwɢ
逐 *l'ɯwɢ
鱁 *l'ɯwɢ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 辵 (“walking”) + 豕 (“pig”) – "to chase; pursue".

Etymology 1

trad. 逐
simp. # 逐

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Note:
  • Sixian:
    • tak - “every”.
Note:
  • tio̍k - literary;
  • ta̍k - colloquial (“every”).
Rime
Character 逐
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 澄 (11)
Final (韻) 屋 (4)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 直六切
Baxter drjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɖɨuk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɖiuk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȡiuk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɖuwk̚/
Li
Rong 		/ȡiuk̚/
Wang
Li 		/ȡĭuk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ȡʱi̯uk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zuk6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 逐
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zhú
Middle
Chinese 		‹ drjuwk ›
Old
Chinese 		/*riwk/
English pursue

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 逐
Reading # 1/1
No. 17596
Phonetic
component 		逐
Rime
group 		覺
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		逐
Old
Chinese 		/*l'ɯwɢ/

Definitions

逐

  1. to chase; to pursue
  2. gradually; one by one
    逐年增加  ―  zhú nián zēngjiā  ―  to increase year by year
  3. (Eastern Min, Southern Min, Taiwanese Hakka) every
    逐工 [Hokkien]  ―  ta̍k-kang [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  every day

Compounds

Etymology 2

trad. 逐
simp. # 逐
alternative forms 趇
趘
捉 (jek) Hokkien
追 (jiok; giok; liok) Hokkien

Pronunciation

Definitions

逐

  1. (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to pursue; to chase after (someone)
  2. (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to woo; to court; to pursue; to chase the opposite sex
  3. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to go after and get something with one's best effort
Synonyms
  • (to chase after):
  • (to woo): 追 (zhuī); (Hokkien) 緝／缉
  • (to go after and get something): (Hokkien) 緝／缉

Compounds

Etymology 3

trad. 逐
simp. # 逐

Pronunciation

Definitions

逐

  1. (Hakka) to run after; to pursue
  2. (Hakka) to drive away

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 逐 – see 緝 (“to pursue; to chase after (someone)”).
(This character is a variant form of 緝).

Further reading

Japanese

Shinjitai 逐
Kyūjitai
[1]
逐󠄁
逐+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
逐󠄃
逐+&#xE0103;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

逐

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. pursue
  2. drive away
  3. chase
  4. accomplish
  5. attain
  6. commit
  7. one by one

Readings

  • Go-on: じく (jiku)←ぢく (diku, historical)
  • Kan-on: ちく (chiku, Jōyō)
  • Kun: おう (ou, 逐う)←おふ (ofu, 逐ふ, historical)

References

  1. ^ “逐”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

Korean

Hanja

逐 • (chuk, jeok) (hangeul 축, 적, revised chuk, jeok, McCune–Reischauer ch'uk, chŏk, Yale chwuk, cek)

  1. chase, expel
  2. one by one

Vietnamese

Han character

逐: Hán Nôm readings: trục, chục, giục

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