逐

See also: 遂

逐 U+9010, 逐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9010 ← 透 [U+900F] CJK Unified Ideographs 逑 → [U+9011]

Translingual

Han character

逐 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+7, 11 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 10 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 卜一尸人 (YMSO), four-corner 3130₃, composition ⿺辶豕)

Derived characters

• 㯌, 䮱, 鱁, 蓫, 䆳, 篴

Additional Derived Characters

• 𠽖, 𡐌, 𢴊, 𪿯, 𧏿, 𨄃, 𬩛, 𩞈, 𱈏, 𫸐, 𫐴, 𨔿, 𫐾, 𱑐, 𬩥, 𢄘, 𠦹, 𫑏
• (Apparent) 𦟥

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1257, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38877
• Dae Jaweon: page 1743, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3839, character 3
• Unihan data for U+9010

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 逐
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (逐) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
篴	*l'ɯːwɢ, *l'ɯwɢ
蓫	*l̥ʰɯwɢ, *l'ɯwɢ, *hlɯwɢ
逐	*l'ɯwɢ
鱁	*l'ɯwɢ

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 辵 (“walking”) + 豕 (“pig”) – "to chase; pursue".

Etymology 1

trad.		逐
simp. #		逐

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhú (zhu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhu̍k / tak

  (Hailu, HRS): chug^ˋ / dag

  (Meixian, Guangdong): cug⁶

• Eastern Min (BUC): dṳ̆k
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): doeh⁷ / dyoeh⁷ / dah⁷
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tio̍k / ta̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dog⁸

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁸zoq / ⁸dzoq / ⁸jioq / ⁸jioeq
  • (Jinhua): ⁸jioq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhú
    • Wade–Giles: chu²
    • Yale: jú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwu
    • Palladius: чжу (čžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: zuk⁶
    • Yale: juhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhu̍k / tak
    • Hakka Romanization System: cug / dag^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cug⁶ / dag⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰuk̚⁵/, /tak̚²/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: chug^ˋ / dag
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰuk²/, /tak⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: cug⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/

Note:

• Sixian:
  • tak - “every”.
• Hailu:
  • dag - “every”.

• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dṳ̆k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyʔ⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Youyang)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: doeh⁷
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: de̤̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tœʔ⁴/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: dyoeh⁷
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyøʔ⁴/
  • (Putian, Xianyou, Youyang)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: dah⁷
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: da̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taʔ⁴/
Note:
• doeh7/dyoeh7 - literary;
• dah7 - colloquial (“every”).
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diok
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tiɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ta̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ta̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dak
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tak̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tak̚²⁴/
Note:
• tio̍k - literary;
• ta̍k - colloquial (“every”).
• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dog⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: to̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tok̚⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Songjiang, Suzhou, Jiaxing)
    • Wugniu: ⁸zoq
    • MiniDict: zoh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵zoq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zoʔ¹²/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /zoʔ¹²/
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /zoʔ²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /zoʔ²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /zoʔ²²/
  • (Northern: Chongming, Changzhou, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ⁸dzoq
    • MiniDict: dzoh^入
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /d͡zoʔ²/
    • Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /d͡zoʔ²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /d͡zoʔ²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /d͡zoʔ²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /d͡zoʔ¹²/
  • (Northern: Songjiang, Shaoxing)
    • Wugniu: ⁸jioq
    • MiniDict: jioh^入
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /ɟioʔ²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /d͡ʑioʔ²³/
  • (Northern: Shaoxing)
    • Wugniu: ⁸jioeq
    • MiniDict: jioeh^入
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /d͡ʑiøʔ²³/
  • (Jinhua)
    • Wugniu: ⁸jioq
    • Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /d͡ʑioʔ²¹²/
Note:
• Songjiang:
  • 8zoq - vernacular;
  • 8jioq - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: drjuwk

Rime
Character	逐
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	直六切
Baxter	drjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖuwk̚/
Li Rong	/ȡiuk̚/
Wang Li	/ȡĭuk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zuk6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[l]riwk/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯwɢ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	逐
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhú
Middle Chinese	‹ drjuwk ›
Old Chinese	/*[l]riwk/
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	逐
Reading #	1/1
No.	17596
Phonetic component	逐
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	逐
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯwɢ/

Definitions

逐

1. to chase; to pursue
2. gradually; one by one

   逐年增加  ―  zhú nián zēngjiā  ―  to increase year by year

3. (Eastern Min, Southern Min, Taiwanese Hakka) every

   逐工 [Hokkien]  ―  ta̍k-kang [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  every day

Compounds

• 下逐客令 (xiàzhúkèlìng)
• 中原逐鹿
• 乘勝逐北 / 乘胜逐北
• 喜逐顏開 / 喜逐颜开
• 夸父逐日
• 奔逐 (bēnzhú)
• 如蠅逐臭 / 如蝇逐臭
• 嫁雞逐雞 / 嫁鸡逐鸡
• 嬉逐
• 尋行逐隊 / 寻行逐队
• 徵逐 / 征逐
• 惟利是逐
• 挨門逐戶 / 挨门逐户
• 捨本逐末 / 舍本逐末 (shěběnzhúmò)
• 損本逐末 / 损本逐末
• 放逐 (fàngzhú)
• 放鷹逐犬 / 放鹰逐犬
• 斥逐 (chìzhú)
• 斬蛇逐鹿 / 斩蛇逐鹿
• 日逐
• 棄本逐末 / 弃本逐末
• 每日逐朝
• 每朝逐日
• 流逐
• 爭名逐利 / 争名逐利
• 爭逐 / 争逐
• 竄逐 / 窜逐
• 競逐 / 竞逐 (jìngzhú)
• 笑逐顏開 / 笑逐颜开 (xiàozhúyánkāi)
• 角逐
• 謀虛逐妄 / 谋虚逐妄
• 諫逐客書 / 谏逐客书
• 貪名逐利 / 贪名逐利
• 貪聲逐色 / 贪声逐色
• 趁波逐浪
• 趁浪逐波
• 趁逐
• 趕逐 / 赶逐 (gǎnzhú)
• 踏逐
• 追亡逐北 (zhuīwángzhúběi)
• 追奔逐北 (zhuībēnzhúběi)
• 追逐 (zhuīzhú)
• 追風逐電 / 追风逐电 (zhuīfēngzhúdiàn)
• 逐一 (zhúyī)
• 逐兔先得
• 逐出 (zhúchū)
• 逐出門牆 / 逐出门墙
• 逐利爭名 / 逐利争名
• 逐勢 / 逐势
• 逐北
• 逐字逐句 (zhúzìzhújù)
• 逐定
• 逐客 (zhúkè)
• 逐客令
• 逐家 (ta̍k-ke)
• 逐年 (zhúnián)
• 逐戶 / 逐户
• 逐拿
• 逐旋
• 逐日
• 逐月 (zhúyuè)
• 逐朝每日
• 逐末
• 逐末捨本 / 逐末舍本
• 逐次 (zhúcì)
• 逐步 (zhúbù)
• 逐浪隨波 / 逐浪随波
• 逐涼 / 逐凉
• 逐漸 / 逐渐 (zhújiàn)
• 逐細 / 逐细
• 逐臣
• 逐臭
• 逐臭之夫
• 逐進 / 逐进
• 逐電追風 / 逐电追风
• 逐食
• 逐鹿 (zhúlù)
• 逐鹿中原 (zhúlùzhōngyuán)
• 酒食徵逐 / 酒食征逐
• 醉中逐月
• 附膻逐穢 / 附膻逐秽
• 附膻逐臭
• 隨波逐塵 / 随波逐尘
• 隨波逐流 / 随波逐流 (suíbōzhúliú)
• 隨波逐浪 / 随波逐浪
• 韓盧逐㕙 / 韩卢逐㕙
• 韓盧逐塊 / 韩卢逐块
• 韓盧逐逡 / 韩卢逐逡
• 飛土逐肉 / 飞土逐肉
• 馳逐 / 驰逐
• 驅逐 / 驱逐 (qūzhú)
• 驅逐出境 / 驱逐出境
• 驅逐艦 / 驱逐舰 (qūzhújiàn)

Etymology 2

trad.		逐
simp. #		逐
alternative forms		趇 趘 捉 (jek) Hokkien 追 (jiok; giok; liok) Hokkien

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jiok / jek / giok / liok

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiok
    • Tâi-lô: jiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jiog
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ziɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Tainan): /d͡ziɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jek
    • Tâi-lô: jik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jeg
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Yilan): /d͡ziɪk̚²/
  • (Hokkien: Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giok
    • Tâi-lô: giok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giog
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liok
    • Tâi-lô: liok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liog
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liɔk̚³²/

Definitions

逐

1. (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to pursue; to chase after (someone)
   • 2008, “盪鞦韆”, 外代果子 [Guotz] (lyrics), 工藤仁志 [Hitoshi Kudo] and 葉開揚(金歐噴) [OpenKing] (music)‎performed by 葉開揚(金歐噴) [OpenKing]:

     歡歡喜喜兮逐　這咱細漢也攏有 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     欢欢喜喜兮逐　这咱细汉也拢有 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     hoaⁿ-hoaⁿ-hí-hí teh giok, che lán sè-hàn mā lóng ū [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     They are happily chasing around; this is also in my childhood

2. (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to woo; to court; to pursue; to chase the opposite sex
3. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to go after and get something with one's best effort

Synonyms

• (to chase after):

edit

• 奔逐 (bēnzhú)
• 攆 / 撵 (nie²) (Jin, dialectal Mandarin)
• 緝 / 缉 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 走緝 / 走缉 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 趕逐 / 赶逐 (Puxian Min)
• 跟蹤 / 跟踪 (gēnzōng)
• 追
• 追趕 / 追赶 (zhuīgǎn)
• 追蹤 / 追踪 (zhuīzōng)
• 追逐 (zhuīzhú)

• (to woo): 追 (zhuī); (Hokkien) 緝／缉
• (to go after and get something): (Hokkien) 緝／缉

Compounds

• 逐人
• 逐查某
• 逐鐳 / 逐镭

Etymology 3

trad.		逐
simp. #		逐

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kiuk

  (Hailu, HRS): giug

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: giug^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯uk̚²/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: giug
    • Sinological IPA: /kiuk⁵/

Definitions

逐 (Hakka)

1. to run after; to pursue
2. to drive away
3. to urge; to hasten; to press

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 逐 – see 緝 (“to pursue; to chase after (someone)”). (This character is a variant form of 緝).

Further reading

• “逐”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.