追

Translingual

Han character

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

See also

• 遣

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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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 ⻌ (“movement”) + phonetic 𠂤 () – moving after, pursuit.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuī (zhui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tûi / chûi
• Northern Min (KCR): dṳ́
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tui

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dui¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tsoe

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• 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): /ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zeoi¹
    • Yale: jēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tûi / chûi
    • Hakka Romanization System: dui´ / zui´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dui¹ / zui¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tu̯i²⁴/, /t͡su̯i²⁴/

Note:

• tûi - vernacular;
• chûi - literary.

• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dṳ́
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ty⁵⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tui
    • Tâi-lô: tui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: duy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tui³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tui⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dui¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tui³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tsoe
    • MiniDict: tsoe^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sø⁵³/

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• 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/
	Tunxi	/t͡se¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡ɕyei³³/
	Xiangtan	/t͡ɕyəi³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sui⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sui⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/tui²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡søy⁵³/
	Nanning	/t͡sui⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/t͡søy⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/tui⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/tuoi⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ty⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/tui³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/t͡sui²³/

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• Middle Chinese: trwij

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
Baxter	trwij
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

(deprecated template usage) 追

1. to chase after; to pursue (someone)
2. to hunt; to track
3. to pursue (fame, etc.); to seek

   追夢／追梦  ―  zhuīmèng  ―  to chase one's dreams

4. (specifically) to woo; to chase; to court
5. to recall; to recollect
6. to do something as a make-up measure
7. to get to the bottom of; to look into and find out
8. to expel

Synonyms

• (to chase after): 追逐 (zhuīzhú)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duī (dui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): deoi¹

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• 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): /tu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: deoi¹
    • Yale: dēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: doey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɵy̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 追

1. bell knob
2. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 雕 (diāo, “to carve jade”).
3. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 堆 (duī, “sand drift; small hill”).

References

• “追”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

追

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: つい (tsui, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: つい (tsui, Jōyō)
• On: たい (tai)
• Kun: おう (ou, 追う, Jōyō)

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)

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Korean

Hanja

追 • (chu, toe) (hangeul 추, 퇴, revised chu, toe, McCune–Reischauer ch'u, t'oe, Yale chwu, thoy)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 追 (truy, choai)

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