追: Chase; Drive Away; FollowKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (ツイ)

• 追加ついかaddition; supplement
• 追及ついきゅうinvestigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning
• 追放ついほうexile; banishment
• 追悼ついとうmourning (dead persons); memorial
• 追徴ついちょうsupplementary charge; additional collection
• 追跡ついせきchase; pursuit
• 追求ついきゅうpursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search
• 追随ついずいfollowing (in the footsteps of)
• 追撃ついげきpursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase
• 訴追そついprosecution; indictment
• 急追きゅうつい(being in) hot pursuit
• 猛追もうついhot pursuit; hot chase
• 追伸ついしんpostscript; post scriptum
• 追善ついぜんmass for the dead; Buddhist service held on the anniversary of someone's death
• 追尾ついびfollowing; pursuing
• 追従ついしょうflattery; sycophancy
• 追想ついそうrecollection; reminiscence
• 追憶ついおくrecollection; reminiscence
• 追究ついきゅうinvestigation (e.g. academically, of the unknown); close inquiry (enquiry)
• 追突ついとつrear-end collision
• 追肥ついひ(adding) extra fertilizer or manure (fertiliser)
• 追試ついしsupplementary examination
• 追認ついにんratification; confirmation
• 他の追随を許さないたのついずいをゆるさないunsurpassable; peerless
• 位記追贈いきついそうconferment of posthumous rank

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 追い込むおいこむto herd; to drive
• 追うおうto chase; to run after
• 追っ掛けるおっかけるto chase; to run after
• 追い風おいかぜtailwind; fair wind
• 追いつくおいつくto catch up (with); to draw level
• 追い打ちおいうちattacking a fleeing enemy
• 追い上げるおいあげるto gain on; to put pressure on
• 追い込みおいこみfinal stage; final stretch
• 追い出すおいだすto expel; to drive out
• 後追いあとおいtrailing; chasing after
• 深追いふかおいchasing too far; pursuing relentlessly
• 追いかけるおいかけるto chase; to run after
• 追い付くおいつくto catch up (with); to draw level
• 追い回すおいまわすto chase about; to hang on
• 追い払うおいはらうto drive away; to clear
• 追い抜くおいぬくto pass (a car); to overtake
• 追い掛けるおいかけるto chase; to run after
• 追い求めるおいもとめるto pursue
• 追い立ておいたてejection; eviction
• 追い立てるおいたてるto drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle)
• 追い落とすおいおとすto disperse; to take a castle
• 追い詰めるおいつめるto corner; to drive to the wall
• 追い越しおいこしpassing; overtaking
• 追い越すおいこすto pass (e.g. car); to overtake
• 追い返すおいかえすto drive away; to turn away
• 追っかけおっかけchase; pursuit
• 追っかけるおっかけるto chase; to run after
• 追っ手おってpursuer; pursuing party
• あとを追うあとをおうto follow; to pursue
• 二兎を追うにとをおうto chase after two hares; to try and do two things at the same time
• 二兎を追う者は一兎をも得ずにとをおうものはいっとをもえずif you run after two hares you will catch neither
• 人の蠅を追うより己の蠅を追えひとのはえをおうよりおのれのはえをおえtake care of yourself before you take care of others; wave off your own flies before you wave off somebody else's flies

Other readings

• 追分おいわけforked road
• 追手おいてpursuer; pursuing party
• 便追びんずいolive-backed pipit (Anthus hodgsoni); Hodgson's tree pipit

Showing the 60 most common of 316 words. See them all in the graph.

Kanji that often appear with 追

• 加
• 者
• 跡
• 悼
• 掛
• 出
• 越
• 訴
• 込
• 回
• 従
• 記