gǎn

pursue, catch up

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
走 meaning component

  Meaning component

zǒu

  

walk

旱 sound component

  Sound component

hàn

  

drought

Definitions

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gǎn

pursue, follow; expel, drive away; to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until

Most common words with 趕
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to overtake

赶紧

hurriedly

赶快

at once

赶到

to hurry (to some place)

赶上

to keep up with