Memory phrase for the character: 追

追

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Meaning

to chase after, pursue, to seek, to recall

Pronunciation

zhuī

Explanation

Left: movement 辶, right: a pair of buttocks (both cheeks)

Mnemonic


 
(I see him from behind:) his buttocks in its movement when I chase or follow him.

Radicals

辶 movementIn some cases this radical 廴 is used, but the mnemonics are the same.
buttocks




 Vocabulary

追求 zhuī qiú  to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after; to woo
追赃 zhuī zāng  to order the return of stolen goods
追悼 zhuī dào  mourning; memorial (service etc)
追根溯源 zhuī gēn sù yuán  to pursue sth back to its origins; to trace back to the source; to get to the bottom of sth
追溯 zhuī sù  lit. to go upstream; to trace sth back to; to date from
追剿 zhuī jiǎo  to pursue and eliminate; to suppress
追捧 zhuī pěng  to chase after (a popular person or item); to pursue; popularity
追歼 zhuī jiān  to pursue and kill; to wipe out
追肥 zhuī féi  top soil dressing; additional fertilizer
追蹑 zhuī niè  to follow the trail of; to track; to trace
 

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