追
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to chase; to pursue; to look into; to investigate; to reminisce; to recall; to court (one's beloved); to binge-watch (a TV drama); retroactively; posthumously
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Dict coverage rank #809 U+8FFD
How 追 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
辶 (semantic, “walk”) + 㠯 (phonetic)
components: 辶 丿 㠯
How to remember it
chase · Heisig RSH #1040
maestro + road
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 㠯
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 㠯 (—) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 㠯 sound component | — | according to, for, with; to use |
| 耜 | sì | plow, spade |
Words containing 追
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 追星族 | zhuī xīng zú | passionate fan (of a celebrity); stan |
| 追思会 | zhuī sī huì | memorial service; memorial meeting |
| 追上 | zhuī shàng | to overtake |
| 追打 | zhuī dǎ | to chase and beat |
| 追新 | zhuī xīn | to seek out the new (e.g. the latest tech products) |
| 追加剂 | zhuī jiā jì | (Tw) (vaccine) booster dose; booster shot |
| 光追 | guāng zhuī | ray tracing (abbr. for 光線追蹤|光线追踪[guang1 xian4 zhui1 zong1]) |
| 追光 | zhuī guāng | (theater) spotlight |
| 追寻现代中国 | Zhuī xún Xiàn dài Zhōng guó | "The Search for Modern China" (1990) by Jonathan D. Spence 史景遷|史景迁[Shi3 Jing3 qian1] |
| 追加 | zhuī jiā | to add something extra; an additional increment; addendum; to append; an additional posthu… |
| 追龙 | zhuī lóng | (slang) to inhale the vapor from heroin heated on a piece of aluminum foil; to chase the d… |
| 追光灯 | zhuī guāng dēng | (theater) spotlight; followspot |
| 追星 | zhuī xīng | to idolize a celebrity |
| 追回 | zhuī huí | to recover (sth lost or stolen); to get back |
| 追比 | zhuī bǐ | to flog; to cane (as punishment) |
| 追尾 | zhuī wěi | to tailgate; to hit the car in front as a result of tailgating |
| 追根求源 | zhuī gēn qiú yuán | to track sth to its roots |
| 追根问底 | zhuī gēn wèn dǐ | lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth |
| 追本穷源 | zhuī běn qióng yuán | see 追本溯源[zhui1 ben3 su4 yuan2] |
| 追客 | zhuī kè | avid fan who anxiously awaits new content |