追 — chase, drive away, follow

つい追 chase

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 9 strokes

U+8FFD Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #411 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1359 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

chase
drive away
follow
pursue
meanwhile

word

つい tsui On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

追(つい) tsui chase 追(つい) 記(き) tsuiki postscript 追(つい) 放(ほう) tsuihou exile 追(つい) 加(か) tsuika addition 追(つい) 求(きゅう) tsuikyuu pursuit 追(つい) 及(きゅう) tsuikyuu investigation 追(つい) 跡(せき) tsuiseki pursuit 追(つい) 悼(とう) tsuitou mourning

お o Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

追(お) う ou to chase 追(お) いかける oikakeru to chase 追(お) いつく oitsuku to catch up with 追(お) い出(だ) す oidasu to drive out 追(お) いやる oiyaru to drive away 追(お) い込(こ) む oikomu to drive into 追(お) い詰(つ) める oitsumeru to corner

Appears in idioms

二兎を追う者は一兎をも得ず諺

He who chases two hares catches neither

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

𠂤 mound

辶 road

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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