逐
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(bound form) to pursue; to chase; to drive away; one by one; individually
- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 辵 +7
- Structure
- Lower-left enclosure 左下包
- Traditional
- 逐
- Common rank
- #1,709
- Unicode
- U+9010
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 逐 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
辶 meaning “walk” + 豕 sound ()
Components 辶 豕
How to remember it
pursue · Heisig RSH #524
sow + road
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 逐
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 追风逐电 | proceeding at a tremendous pace; getting on like a house on fire | |
| 下逐客令 | to ask sb to leave; to show sb the door; to give a tenant notice to leave | |
| 追名逐利 | (idiom) to seek fame and wealth | |
| 随波逐流 | to drift with the waves and go with the flow (idiom); to follow the crowd blindly | |
| 逐一 | one by one | |
| 逐水 | to relieve oedema through purging or diuresis (Chinese medicine) | |
| 逐鹿中原 | lit. hunting deer in the Central Plain (idiom); fig. to attempt to seize the throne | |
| 逐行 | line by line | |
| 逐客令 | the First Emperor's order to expel foreigners; (fig.) notice to leave; words or behavior i… | |
| 逐出 | to expel; to evict; to drive out | |
| 逐日 | day-by-day; daily; on a daily basis | |
| 笑逐颜开 | smile spread across the face (idiom); beaming with pleasure; all smiles; joy written acros… | |
| 逐年 | year after year; with each passing year; over the years | |
| 舍本逐末 | to neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom); to neglect fundamentals and concentrate on… | |
| 角逐 | to tussle; to contend; to contest | |
| 追亡逐北 | to pursue and attack a fleeing enemy | |
| 逐月 | month-by-month; monthly; on a monthly basis | |
| 放逐 | to banish; to deport; to send into exile; to be marooned | |
| 追逐赛 | pursuit race; chase | |
| 逐走 | to turn away; to drive away |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 豕 — compare how they read.