赶
to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time)
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,669 U+8D76
How 赶 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
走 (semantic, “run”) + 干 (phonetic, gān)
How to remember it
hurry · Heisig RSH #1280
走 walk + clothesline
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 干
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 干 (gān) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 干 sound component | gān | arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade |
| 杆 | gān | cane, pole, stick |
| 汗 | hàn | perspiration, sweat |
| 奸 | jiān | crafty, dishonest, selfish; evil, villainous; adultery |
| 刊 | kān | publication, periodical; to publish, to print |
| 肝 | gān | liver |
| 竿 | gān | bamboo pole; penis |
| 轩 | xuān | pavilion; carriage; balcony |
| 鼾 | hān | to snore loudly |
| 矸 | gān | cliff; rock |
| 邗 | hán | an ancient place in the state of Wu |
| 旰 | gàn | sunset, dusk; evening |
| 犴 | àn | wild dog; jail, lock-up |
| 豻 | àn | prison, jail; a wild dog |
| 酐 | gān | anhydride |
Words containing 赶
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 流星赶月 | liú xīng gǎn yuè | lit. a meteor catching up with the moon; swift action (idiom) |
| 赶不上 | gǎn bù shàng | can't keep up with; can't catch up with; cannot overtake |
| 赶明儿 | gǎn míng r | (coll.) some day; one of these days |
| 赶时间 | gǎn shí jiān | to be in a hurry |
| 赶鸭子上架 | gǎn yā zi shàng jià | lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom); fig. to push sb to do sth way beyond their abil… |
| 赶英超美 | gǎn Yīng chāo Měi | to catch up with England and surpass the USA (economic goal) |
| 吃屎都赶不上热乎的 | chī shǐ dōu gǎn bu shàng rè hu de | (lit.) if you were eating warm shit, it'd be stone cold by the time you finished it (sayin… |
| 赶前不赶后 | gǎn qián bù gǎn hòu | (saying) better to act early than rush later |
| 迎头赶上 | yíng tóu gǎn shàng | to try hard to catch up |
| 赶尽杀绝 | gǎn jìn shā jué | to kill to the last one (idiom); to exterminate; to eradicate; ruthless |
| 赶不及 | gǎn bù jí | not enough time (to do sth); too late (to do sth) |
| 赶海 | gǎn hǎi | (dialect) to gather seafood at the beach while the tide is out; to comb the beach for shel… |
| 赶上 | gǎn shàng | to keep up with; to catch up with; to overtake; to chance upon; in time for |
| 赶出 | gǎn chū | to drive away |
| 赶车 | gǎn chē | to drive a horse-drawn cart; to hasten to catch a train or bus |
| 赶工 | gǎn gōng | to work against the clock; to hurry with work to get it done in time |
| 赶得及 | gǎn de jí | to have enough time (to do sth); to be able to make it (in time) |
| 赶路 | gǎn lù | to hasten on with one's journey; to hurry on |
| 赶浪头 | gǎn làng tou | to follow the trend |
| 赶来 | gǎn lái | to rush over |