Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N3

411 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: chase, drive away, follow, pursue, meanwhile

Kunyomi: お.う

Onyomi: ツイ

Composition: 𠂤

Radical

Radical:

Reading: しんにょう

Meaning: walk

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

伸(ついしん)   postscript

求する(ついきゅうする)   investigate, pursue (goal)

放する(ついほうする)   exile [v.t.]

加する(ついかする)   add

突する(ついとつする)   collide

う(おう)   chase, pursue

Onyomi Examples

ツイキュウ investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt), questioning, pressing, hounding, pinning down, catching up, overtaking

ツイカ addition, supplement, appending, appendix

ソツイ prosecution, indictment, impeachment

モウツイ hot pursuit, hot chase

Kunyomi Examples

おう to chase, to run after, to pursue, to follow after, to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.), to drive out, to get rid of, to oust, to expel, to drive (e.g. a herd), to be pressed (e.g. for time)