趨

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趋

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hasten

HSK 10

Human →Actions →Movement

qū

スウ、ソク

しゅ、おもむ.く、はし.る

추, 촉

Phonosemantic compound. 走 represents the meaning and 芻 represents the sound.

Components

Traditional (趨)

走 walk+ 芻 cut =

趨 hasten

走 Meaning component

zǒu walk

walk, go on foot

芻 Phonetic component

cut

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Simplified (趋)

走 walk+ 刍 mow =

趋 hasten, approach

走 Meaning component

zǒu walk

walk, go on foot

刍 Phonetic component

chú mow

mow, cut grass

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Bronze

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

趨

Regular

Modern

Chinese

趋 / 趨 [qū]

to hasten; to hurry; to walk fast; to approach; to tend towards; to converge

Example Sentences

CHINESE WORDS (25)

(increasing) day by day

大势所趋 [dàshìsuǒqū] #41,414

general trend

亦步亦趋 [yìbùyìqū] #44,629

to blindly follow suit (idiom)

趋之若鹜 [qūzhīruòwù] #45,022

to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable

趋同 [qūtóng] #62,482

to converge

趋炎附势 [qūyánfùshì] #50,386

to curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power

趋吉避凶 [qūjíbìxiōng] #56,683

to seek luck and avoid calamity (idiom)

15 more items

JAPANESE WORDS (6)

⭐ 走る [はしる] #306

to run

⭐ 赴く [おもむく] #5,173

to go in the direction of

趨勢 [すうせい] #33,436

tendency

帰趨 [きすう] #57,968

outcome (of a course of events)

KOREAN WORDS (1)