赶
gǎn HSK3

pursue, catch up

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Phonosemantic compound. 走 represents the meaning and 干 represents the sound. Simplified form of 趕.

Components

走
走 Meaning component
zǒu walk
干
干 Sound component
gàn, gān interfere

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡan
ɡʷad

說文解字

《說文》：“赶，舉尾走也。从走，干聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)