# 逐

| 逐 | U+9010, &#36880; 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 3130$_3$, composition ⿺辶豕)

#### Derived characters

* 𠽖 𢴊 㯌 𧏿 䮱 鱁 𨔿 𠦹 蓫 䆳 篴

#### 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 |
| | 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

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

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhú (zhu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhu̍k / tak
    (Meixian, Guangdong): cug$^6$
* Eastern Min (BUC): dṳ̆k
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tio̍k / ta̍k
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dog$^8$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhú
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhú
*** Wade–Giles: chu$^2$
*** Yale: jú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwu
*** Palladius: чжу (čžu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zuk$^6$
*** Yale: juhk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʊk̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhu̍k / tak
*** Hakka Romanization System: cug / dag$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cug$^6$ / dag$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰuk̚⁵/, /tak̚²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: cug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/
* Sixian:
** tak - “every”.
* 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/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ȡʱi̯uk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zuk$^6$ |
* 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
* to chase; to pursue
* gradually; one by one
    逐年增加 ― zhú nián zēngjiā ― to increase year by year
* (Eastern Min, Southern Min, Taiwanese Hakka) every
    逐工 [Hokkien] ― ta̍k-kang [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― every day

#### Compounds

* 下逐客令
* 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
* 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
* 踏逐
* 追亡逐北 (zhuīwángzhúběi)
* 追奔逐北
* 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
* 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
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jiok / jek / giok / liok
* 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
* (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]:
       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
* (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to woo; to court; to pursue; to chase the opposite sex
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to go after and get something with one's best effort

##### Synonyms

* (to chase after):
* 奔逐 (bēnzhú)
* 攆／撵 (nie$^2$) (Jin, dialectal Mandarin)
* 緝／缉 (Hokkien)
* 緝／缉 (Hokkien, Teochew)
* 走緝／走缉 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
* 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
#### Pronunciation

* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiuk
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiuk
*** Hakka Romanization System: giug$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: giug$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯uk̚²/

#### Definitions

逐
* (Hakka) to run after; to pursue
* (Hakka) to drive away

### 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

* “Entry #7921”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 逐 |
| Kyūjitai | 逐󠄁 逐+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 逐󠄃 逐+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* pursue
* drive away
* chase
* accomplish
* attain
* commit
* one by one

#### Readings

* Go-on: じく (jiku)
* Kan-on: ちく (chiku, Jōyō)
* Kun: おう (ou, 逐う)

### References

* ↑ “逐”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

## Korean
### Hanja

逐 • (chuk, jeok) (hangeul 축, 적, revised chuk, jeok, McCune–Reischauer ch'uk, chŏk, Yale chwuk, cek)
* chase, expel
* one by one

## Vietnamese
### Han character

逐: Hán Nôm readings: trục, chục, giục
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