逐
逐 — Pursue
pursue, drive away, chase, accomplish, attain, commit
On’yomiチク (chiku)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 逐
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 駆逐艦 | くちくかん kuchikukan | destroyer (ship) |
| 逐一 | ちくいち chikuichi | one by one; in detail; minutely |
| 駆逐 | くちく kuchiku | expulsion; driving out; driving away |
| 逐次 | ちくじ chikuji | successively; one after another; sequentially |
| 放逐 | ほうちく houchiku | expulsion; ousting; ejection |
Study notes
逐 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2230 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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