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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qū | qu1
English translation
to hurry, to hasten; to approach, to be attracted to

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

Contains the radical

zǒu

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

run

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

走芻

Semantic compound

zǒu

Phonetic compound

chú

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. zǒu represents the meaning and chú represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
趋势 qūshì trend趨勢
to hasten
趋向 qū xiàng direction趨向
趋于 qū yú to tend towards趨於
日趋 rì qū gradually日趨
大势所趋 dà shì suǒ qū general trend大勢所趨
亦步亦趋 yì bù yì qū to imitate slavishly亦步亦趨
趋之若鹜 qū zhī ruò wù an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase趨之若鶩
趋同 qū tóng to converge趨同
趋炎附势 qū yán fù shì social climbing趨炎附勢
趋吉避凶 qū jí bì xiōng to seek luck and avoid calamity (idiom)趨吉避凶
趋时 qū shí to follow fashion趨時
趋附 qū fù to ingratiate oneself趨附
趋奉 qū fèng to fawn on趨奉

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