追

to sculpt / to carve / musical instrument (old)

to chase / to pursue / to look into / to investigate / to reminisce / to recall / to court (one's beloved) / to binge-watch (a TV drama) / retroactively / posthumously

追 = 𠂤 + 辶 : Mnemonic symbol: a bounty hunter.

Julian Giant Squid stole the bounty hunter's gladiator sandals, and now the bounty hunter chases Julian Giant Squid. In front of the Eiffel Tower, Julian Giant Squid found no better hideout than a stashed filing cabinet in which he hides.

追 character breakdown

追
- 辶
- 𠂤
  - 㠯
    - 口
    - 尸
  - 丿

辶

chuò = chu + o4

to walk (side part of split character)

Chantal Chicken tries out her new gladiator sandals in the observatory's bathroom.

𠂤

Character component without intrinsic meaning

𠂤 = 丿 + 㠯 : Mnemonic symbol: a filing cabinet (𠂤). A filing cabinet full of bananas (丿) and safety glasses (㠯).

Characters with 追 as component

锤

鎚

chuí = chu + ei2

variant of 錘|锤[chui2]

锤 = 垂 + 钅 : Chantal Chicken (chu) wants to hammer the weeping willow (垂) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2) into shape (锤). She uses a golden harpoon (钅) as chisel and a hammer (锤) to shape the willow as she wishes.

捶

搥

chuí = chu + ei2

variant of 捶[chui2]

遣

qiǎn = qi + an3

(bound form) to dispatch; to send / (bound form) to drive away; to dispel

遣 = 虫 + 追 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) wants to get a coat made out of mosquitoes, so she dispatches (遣) the bounty hunter (追) to go hunt mosquitoes (虫) for her in the anthill (an3).

遣 = 虫 + 追 : Mnemonic symbol: a dispatch (ger. "Depesche", the old fashioned letter).

槌

chuí = chu + ei2

mallet / pestle / beetle (for wedging or ramming)

塠

dui̅ = du + ei1

old variant of 堆[dui1]

缒

縋

zhuì = zhu + ei4

to let down with a rope

膇