Kanji N3

追: chase, drive away, follow

追 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning chase, drive away, follow, written with 9 strokes. It is read ツイ (on) and おう (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 追う (おう, to chase) and 追い付く (おいつく, to catch up).

追

Meanings

  • chase
  • drive away
  • follow
  • pursue
  • meanwhile
Strokes9
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#411 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ツイ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • おう

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 追

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 追うおう

    to chase; to run after; to pursue

    JLPT N3
  • 追い付くおいつく

    to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even

    JLPT N3
  • 追加ついか

    addition; supplement; appending; appendix

    JLPT N2
  • 追い込むおいこむ

    to herd; to drive; to chase; to corral

    JLPT N1
  • 追放ついほう

    exile; banishment; eviction; deportation; purge

    JLPT N1
  • 追及ついきゅう

    investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt)

    JLPT N1
  • 追跡ついせき

    chase; pursuit; tracking; stalking

    JLPT N1
  • 追い出すおいだす

    to expel; to drive out

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.