Chinese Character 趕 Meanings and components.

Form

趕

Meaning

趕 meaning[3] in English

To Overtake.

To Catch Up With.

To Hurry.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 趕 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to walk (走) , and drought (旱)

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zou3to walk

In cangjie it is written with GOAMJ

How to write 趕

To write趕gan3to overtake you should write a combination of 走zou3to walk , 旱han4drought arranged in a 吅 shape:

走 + 旱 = 趕

趕 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 趕 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 趕, looks as follow:

趕
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
走
Pinyin:zou3
Meaning[3]: 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)
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
龰
Pinyin:龰5 Shape:一
旱
Pinyin:han4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Drought
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
干
Pinyin:gan4
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 乾|干[Gan1]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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