hasten, approach

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
走 meaning component

  Meaning component

zǒu

  

walk

芻 sound component

  Sound component

chú

  

mow, cut grass

Evolution

趨 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
趨 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
趨 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
趨 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

hasten, hurry; be attracted to; to hasten; to hurry; to walk fast; to approach; to tend towards; to converge

Most common words with 趨
Freq.
Word
Meaning

趋势

trend

to hasten

趋向

direction

趋于

to tend towards

日趋

gradually