Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

逐: pursue, drive away

Also: chase, accomplish, attain, commit

JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

⻌ carries the meaning · 豕 is drawn in

10 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

チクchiku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 駆逐艦くちくかんdestroyer (ship)
  • 逐一ちくいちone by one; in detail; minutely
  • 駆逐くちくexpulsion; driving out; driving away
  • 逐次ちくじsuccessively; one after another
  • 放逐ほうちくexpulsion; ousting; ejection

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“This swooping radical is the winding road you walk upon! It curves under the rest of the kanji like a path being carved through a landscape.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Also read チク

4 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
逐 pursue · ⻌
vs家 house · 宀
逐 has ⻌ where 家 has 宀.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhú

Same form: 逐 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
逐 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
逐 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin zhú most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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