追

See also: 迫

追	U+8FFD, 追 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8FFD

← 迼
[U+8FFC]

CJK Unified Ideographs

迾 →
[U+8FFE]

Translingual

Han character

追 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹口口 (YHRR), four-corner 3730₇, composition ⿺辶𠂤)

Derived characters

缒𨻡㗓塠搥𡟴𢊅𢟋𨕵𫗰𮐕㷟槌膇𤧫㾽磓𥡈𫷤𬭨𬻾𮖦𮟄䊚縋𧏴𧪲𨃬䨨鎚䭔𩌝𩔦𩠱𩪀𫑓𩺬𬩱

References

KangXi: page 1256, character 10

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38836

Dae Jaweon: page 1739, character 27

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3829, character 5

Unihan data for U+8FFD

Chinese

trad.		追
simp. ^#		追

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 追
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (追) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
蘬	kʰlul, kʰrul, *kʰrulʔ
磓	*tuːl
塠	*tuːl
頧	tuːl, tuːlʔ
鴭	*tuːl
鎚	tuːl, dul, *duls
搥	*tuːl
縋	*dols
膇	*dols
槌	dols, dul
追	*tul
桘	*dul
巋	kʰrul, kʰrulʔ
歸	*klul

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tul) : semantic 辶 (“movement”) + phonetic 𠂤 () – moving after, pursuit.

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zhuī (zhui¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄟ
(Chengdu, SP): zui¹
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): zeoi¹
(Taishan, Wiktionary): zui¹
Gan (Wiktionary): zui¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): tûi / chûi
(Meixian, Guangdong): zui¹
Jin (Wiktionary): zui¹
Min Bei (KCR): dṳ́
Min Dong (BUC): duĭ
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): tui
(Teochew, Peng'im): dui¹
Wu (Wiktionary): tsoe (T1)
Xiang (Wiktionary): jyei¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhuī
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhuei
  - Wade–Giles: chui¹
  - Yale: jwēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juei
  - Palladius: чжуй (čžuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂweɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: zui¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zui
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suei⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zeoi¹
  - Yale: jēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃɵy̯⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: zui¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sui³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: zui¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sui⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tûi / chûi
  - Hakka Romanization System: dui´ / zui´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: dui¹ / zui¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tu̯i²⁴/, /t͡su̯i²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: zui¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡suɪ⁴⁴/

Note:

tûi - vernacular;
chûi - literary.

Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: zui¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡suei¹¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dṳ́
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ty⁵⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: duĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tui⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tui
  - Tâi-lô: tui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: duy
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tui³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Singapore): /tui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangpu): /tui⁵⁵/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dui¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tui
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tui³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: tsoe (T1)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sø⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: jyei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕye̞i³³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 追
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʈ͡ʂuei⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/ʈ͡ʂuei⁴⁴/ /t͡suei⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/t͡suei²¹/
	Jinan	/ʈ͡ʂuei²¹³/
	Qingdao	/ʈ͡ʂue²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/ʈ͡ʂuei²⁴/
	Xi'an	/p͡fei²¹/
	Xining	/ʈ͡ʂuɨ⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ʈ͡ʂuei⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/p͡fei³¹/
	Ürümqi	/ʈ͡ʂuei⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/t͡suei⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡suei⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/t͡suei⁵⁵/ /nuei⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/ʈ͡ʂuei⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/ʈ͡ʂuəi³¹/
	Hefei	/ʈ͡ʂue²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡suei¹¹/
	Pingyao	/t͡suei¹³/
	Hohhot	/t͡suei³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡sø⁵³/
	Suzhou	/t͡se̞⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/t͡sz̩ʷei³³/
	Wenzhou	/t͡sz̩³³/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕye³¹/
Hui	Tunxi	/t͡se¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡ɕyei³³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/t͡ɕyəi³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sui⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sui⁴⁴/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/tui²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡søy⁵³/
	Nanning	/t͡sui⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/t͡søy⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/tui⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/tuoi⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/ty⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/tui³³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/t͡sui²³/

Middle Chinese: /ʈˠiuɪ/

Rime
Character	追
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	陟隹切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠiuɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʷᵚi/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiuɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈjwi/
Li Rong	/ȶjui/
Wang Li	/ȶwi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶwi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zeoi¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*truj/
(Zhengzhang): /*tul/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	追
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhuī
Middle Chinese	‹ trwij ›
Old Chinese	/*truj/
English	pursue
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	追
Reading #	1/1
No.	17739
Phonetic component	追
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	追
Old Chinese	/*tul/
Notes	甲金文以師旅奔走追擊會意，本非形聲字

Definitions

追

to chase after; to pursue (someone)
to hunt; to track
to pursue (fame, etc.); to seek
追夢／追梦 ― zhuīmèng ― to chase one's dreams
1. (specifically) to woo; to chase; to court
(literary, or in compounds) to recall; to recollect
(literary, or in compounds) posthumously
追贈／追赠 ― zhuīzèng ― to bestow an honour posthumously
(literary, or in compounds) to do something as a make-up measure
(literary, or in compounds) to get to the bottom of; to look into and find out
(literary, or in compounds) to expel
(slang, neologism) to watch in succession
追劇／追剧 ― zhuījù ― to binge-watch episodes of a television series

Synonyms

(to chase after):

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奔逐 (bēnzhú)
追逐 (zhuīzhú)
攆／撵 (niǎn) (dialectal Mandarin, Jin)

緝 (Min Nan)
走緝／走缉 (Min Nan)
跟蹤／跟踪 (gēnzōng)

追趕／追赶 (zhuīgǎn)
追蹤／追踪 (zhuīzōng)

(to recall):

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Synonyms of 追

回味 (huíwèi) (to recall something and ponder it)
回念 (huíniàn)
回想 (huíxiǎng)
回溯 (huísù)
回首 (huíshǒu)
思古 (sīgǔ) (literary, to be nostalgic for antiquity)
想起 (xiǎngqǐ)
感念 (gǎnniàn) (to recall fondly)
浮想 (fúxiǎng)

追念 (zhuīniàn)
追思 (zhuīsī) (especially the deceased)
追想 (zhuīxiǎng)
回憶／回忆 (huíyì)
回顧／回顾 (huígù)
感懷／感怀 (gǎnhuái) (to recall with emotion)
憶想／忆想 (yìxiǎng)
懷古／怀古 (huáigǔ) (literary, to be nostalgic for antiquity)
留戀／留恋 (liúliàn) (to recall with nostalgia)

緬想／缅想 (miǎnxiǎng)
緬懷／缅怀 (miǎnhuái) (to cherish the memory of, especially the deceased)
記得／记得 (jìde)
記憶／记忆 (jìyì)
記起／记起 (jìqǐ)
諗起／谂起 (Cantonese)
追憶／追忆 (zhuīyì)
追懷／追怀 (zhuīhuái)
遙想／遥想 (yáoxiǎng)

(to get to the bottom of): 查究 (chájiū)

Compounds

Derived terms from 追

勾追
尾追 (wěizhuī)
形影相追
心慕手追
急起直追 (jíqǐzhízhuī)
死追活追
狗追耗子
追亡逐北 (zhuīwángzhúběi)
追光
追兵 (zhuībīng)
追加 (zhuījiā)
追奔逐北
追封
追尾 (zhuīwěi)
追念 (zhuīniàn)
追思 (zhuīsī)
追悔 (zhuīhuǐ)
追悔不及
追悔何及
追悼 (zhuīdào)
追想 (zhuīxiǎng)
追拿 (zhuīná)
追捕 (zhuībǔ)
追撞
追星族 (zhuīxīngzú)
追本溯源 (zhuīběnsùyuán)
追查 (zhuīchá)
追根 (zhuīgēn)
追根溯源
追根究底 (zhuīgēnjiūdǐ)
追根究柢
追求 (zhuīqiú)
追溯 (zhuīsù)
追究 (zhuījiū)
追索 (zhuīsuǒ)
追肥 (zhuīféi)
追胥

追述 (zhuīshù)
追逐 (zhuīzhú)
追逼
遹追
靡追
追剿 (zhuījiǎo)
乘勝追擊／乘胜追击 (chéngshèngzhuījī)
來者可追／来者可追
奮起直追／奋起直追
密切追隨／密切追随
心慕筆追／心慕笔追
慎終追遠／慎终追远 (shènzhōngzhuīyuǎn)
撫今追昔／抚今追昔 (fǔjīnzhuīxī)
當官追究／当官追究
窮寇勿追／穷寇勿追
窮寇莫追／穷寇莫追
窮追不捨／穷追不舍 (qióngzhuībùshě)
緊追／紧追
緊追不捨／紧追不舍
緊追權／紧追权
覓愛追歡／觅爱追欢
訴追／诉追 (sùzhuī)
謹終追遠／谨终追远
買笑追歡／买笑追欢
賣笑追歡／卖笑追欢
躡影追風／蹑影追风
躡景追飛／蹑景追飞
追劇／追剧 (zhuījù)
追加預算／追加预算
追問／追问 (zhuīwèn)
追尋／追寻 (zhuīxún)
追悼會／追悼会 (zhuīdàohuì)
追憶／追忆 (zhuīyì)
追懷／追怀 (zhuīhuái)
追擊／追击 (zhuījī)
追敘／追叙 (zhuīxù)
追星趕月／追星赶月

追晉／追晋
追本窮源／追本穷源
追歡／追欢
追歡取樂／追欢取乐
追歡買笑／追欢买笑
追殲／追歼
追殺／追杀 (zhuīshā)
追索權／追索权
追緝／追缉 (zhuījī)
追繳／追缴 (zhuījiǎo)
追薦／追荐
追補／追补
追討／追讨
追記／追记 (zhuījì)
追訴／追诉 (zhuīsù)
追訴權／追诉权
追認／追认 (zhuīrèn)
追諡／追谥
追賠／追赔
追贈／追赠
追贓／追赃
追趕／追赶 (zhuīgǎn)
追蹤／追踪 (zhuīzōng)
追蹤覓影／追踪觅影
追蹤躡跡／追踪蹑迹
追遠／追远
追隨／追随 (zhuīsuí)
追隨驥尾／追随骥尾
追風捕影／追风捕影
追風覓影／追风觅影
追風躡影／追风蹑影
追風逐電／追风逐电 (zhuīfēngzhúdiàn)
追駟不及／追驷不及
追魂攝魄／追魂摄魄
逐電追風／逐电追风
雷達追蹤／雷达追踪
駟馬難追／驷马难追 (sìmǎnánzhuī)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): duī (dui¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): deoi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: duī
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: duei
  - Wade–Giles: tui¹
  - Yale: dwēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duei
  - Palladius: дуй (duj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tweɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: deoi¹
  - Yale: dēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: doey¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dêu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɵy̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

追

(literary) Synonym of 雕 (diāo, “to carve jade”).
(historical) knob on an instrumental bell for hanging
Alternative form of 堆 (duī, “sand drift; small hill”).

Compounds

Derived terms from 追

毋追
追人

追琢
追蠡

追師／追师

References

“追”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學／香港中文大学 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai	追
Kyūjitai [1]	追󠄁 追+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	追󠄃 追+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

追

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

to follow, to chase

Readings

Go-on: つい (tsui, Jōyō)^{←つゐ (tuwi, historical)}
Kan-on: つい (tsui, Jōyō)^{←つゐ (tuwi, historical)}
On: たい (tai)
Kun: おう (ou, 追う, Jōyō)^{←おふ (ofu, historical)}

Compounds

追(つい)憶(おく) (tsuioku)
追(つい)加(か) (tsuika)
追(つい)記(き) (tsuiki)
追(つい)求(きゅう) (tsuikyū)
追(つい)及(きゅう) (tsuikyū)
追(つい)究(きゅう) (tsuikyū)
追(つい)撃(げき) (tsuigeki)
追(つい)伸(しん) (tsuishin)
追(つい)随(ずい) (tsuizui)
追(つい)訴(そ) (tsuiso)
追(つい)徴(ちょう) (tsuichō)
追(つい)討(とう) (tsuitō)
追(つい)悼(とう) (tsuitō)
追(つい)尾(び) (tsuibi)

References

“追”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023

Family Register Unified Characters (戸籍統一文字) 439290

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 追 (MC ʈˠiuɪ).

Historical readings
Recorded as Middle Korean ᄃᆔᆼ (Yale: tywuy) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448. Recorded as Middle Korean 튜 (thyu)^訓 (Yale: thyu) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰu]
Phonetic hangul: [추]

Hanja

Wikisource追 (eumhun 쫓을 추 (jjocheul chu))

Hanja form^? of 추 (“to chase; to follow”).

Compounds

추가 (追加, chuga)
추적 (追跡, chujeok)
추구 (追求, chugu)
추모 (追慕, chumo)
추억 (追憶, chueok)
추도 (追悼, chudo)
소추 (訴追, sochu)
추궁 (追窮, chugung)
추월 (追越, chuwol)
추후 (追後, chuhu)
추격 (追擊, chugyeok)
추방 (追放, chubang)
추종 (追從, chujong)
추시 (追試, chusi)
추구 (追究, chugu)
추징 (追徵, chujing)
추회 (追懷, chuhoe)
추인 (追認, chu'in)
추서 (追敍, chuseo)
급추 (急追, geupchu)
추론 (追論, churon)
추기 (追記, chugi)
추살 (追殺, chusal)
추완 (追完, chuwan)
추돌 (追突, chudol)
추습 (追襲, chuseup)
추축 (追逐, chuchuk)

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 追 (MC twəj).

Historical readings
Recorded as Middle Korean 됭 (Yale: twoy) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [tʰwe̞] ~ [tʰø̞]
Phonetic hangul: [퉤/퇴]

Hanja

追 (eumhun 갈 퇴 (gal toe))

Hanja form^? of 퇴 (“to carve”).

Compounds

퇴탁 (追琢, toetak)
무퇴 (毋追, mutoe)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

追: Hán Nôm readings: truy, choai

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[1] “追”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023