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逐

逐 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 追いかける。追い払う。
  2. 順を追って進む。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

会意。「豕」（動物）+「止」（人の足）、動物を追いかけるさまを象る。のち「止」を「辵」に入れ替えて「逐」の字体となる。「おいかける」を意味する漢語｛逐｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

pursue, drive away, chase, accomplish, attain, commit

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • チクJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音zhu2
  • 한글chug
  • 한글jeog
  • Hán-ViệtTrục

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
辵(しんにょう)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+9010

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿺辶豕

Words using this kanji

  • 逐一ちくいち一つ一つ順を追って。詳細に。one by one, in detail, minutely
  • 逐次ちくじ順次。次々に。順々に。successively, one after another, sequentially, one by one
  • 逐電ちくでん素早く行動すること。 素早く逃げて、姿を眩ますこと。flight, absconding
  • 逐年ちくねん年が経つにつれ物事が進行するさま。annually, year by year
  • 逐日ちくじつ日が経つにつれ物事が進行するさま。day by day, every day, with each passing day
  • 逐条ちくじょうそれぞれの条文を順次に追うこと。point by point, article by article
  • 逐語ちくごfollowing a text word by word (e.g. when translating)
  • 逐鹿ちくろく鹿を追うこと。 帝位、政権、地位を得ようと争うこと。contest for power, jockeying for position, competing for power
  • 逐語訳ちくごやくword-for-word translation, literal translation
  • 逐字訳ちくじやくword-for-word translation, literal translation
  • 逐語的ちくごてきword-for-word, verbatim
  • 逐次化ちくじかserialization
  • 逐次的ちくじてきsequential, successive
  • 逐条審議ちくじょうしんぎarticle-by-article discussion
  • 逐次通訳ちくじつうやくconsecutive interpretation, consecutive interpreting
  • 逐次実行ちくじじっこうsequential execution
  • 逐次刊行物ちくじかんこうぶつserial publication
  • 逐一命令操作ちくいちめいれいそうさsingle step operation, step-by-step operation
  • 逐次印字装置ちくじいんじそうちcharacter printer, serial printer

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
3-3-7
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3130.3
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2q7.6
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578
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4696