趋(qū)

HSK 412 strokesTrad. 趨
Readingsqūcù

to hasten

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Character information

Pinyin
qū / cù
Meaning
to hasten; to hurry; to walk fast; to approach; to tend towards; to converge
Strokes
12
HSK level
HSK 4
Traditional
趨

Origin & structure

Where 趋 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿺走刍

In this compound, the meaning comes from 走 (run); 刍 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

走zǒu刍chú

Parts are arranged enclosing from the lower left.

How to write 趋 step by step

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Words with 趋

Common words using 趋 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

qū趋shì势
HSK 4

trend; tendency

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rì日qū趋
HSK 7-9

(increasing) day by day; (more critical) with every passing day; gradually

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qū趋yú于
HSK 7-9

to tend towards

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jiàn渐qū趋

to become more and more; to gradually become

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yì益qū趋

increasingly; more and more

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yī一bù步yī一qū趋

see 亦步亦趋

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yì亦bù步yì亦qū趋

to blindly follow suit (idiom)

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dà大shì势suǒ所qū趋

(idiom) the prevailing trend; the trend of the times; an inevitable direction

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丈与严临之乎亚企

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势日于渐益一步亦

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