Chinese Character 赶 Meanings and components.
Form
赶
Meaning
- 赶 meaning[3] in English
To Overtake.
To Catch Up With.
To Hurry.
Main Components
By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 赶 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to walk (走) , and old variant of … (干)
Its radical[1] is: 走 (zou3) which means: To Walk, To Go, To Run, To Move (Of Vehicle), To Visit, To Leave, To Go Away, To Die (Euph.), From, Through, Away (In Compound Verbs, Such As 撤走[Che4 Zou3]), To Change (Shape, Form, Meaning), .走
In cangjie it is written with GOMJ
How to write 赶
To write赶 you should write a combination of 走 , 干 arranged in a 吅 shape:
走 + 干 = 赶
赶 Stroke Order
The order of the strokes to write 赶 should be followed in this specific way.
Components Tree
The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 赶, looks as follow:
赶
Pinyin:gan3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Overtake . To Catch Up With . To Hurry . To Rush . To Try To Catch (The Bus Etc) . To Drive (Cattle Etc) Forward . To Drive (Sb) Away . To Avail Oneself Of (An Opportunity) . Until