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赶 (gǎn): To catch up — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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1.

Animated Stroke Order 赶

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How to write 赶 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 赶

赶 stroke order diagram
3.

Printable Writing Worksheet: 赶

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4.

How to Use 赶

Quick Actions with

赶 + urgency

In this pattern, 赶 (gǎn) describes doing something quickly or immediately.

赶快 • gǎn kuài • at once; quickly • HSK 5
HSK 5
5.

Example Sentences

tā他
tīng听
dào到
xiāo消
xi息
hòu后
lì

Information

Pinyingǎn
Meaningto catch up
Strokes10
Radical走
Traditional趕
StructureSemi-Enclosed
Frequency#1043
Zhuyinㄍㄢˇ
UnicodeU+8D76
CangjieGOMJ
gǎn赶
kuài快

at once; quickly

赶紧 • gǎn jǐn • at once; losing no time; hasten • HSK 5
HSK 5
gǎn赶
jǐn紧

at once; losing no time; hasten

赶忙 • gǎn máng • hurriedly; quickly • HSK 3.0 · L6
HSK 3.0 · L6
gǎn赶
máng忙

hurriedly; quickly

Catching Up and Chasing with

This pattern uses 赶 (gǎn) to mean catching up, chasing, or hurrying to a destination.

赶上 • gǎn shàng • to keep up with • HSK 3.0 · L4
HSK 3.0 · L4
gǎn赶
shàng上

to keep up with

追赶 • zhuī gǎn • Chase • HSK 3.0 · L7-9
HSK 3.0 · L7-9
zhuī追
gǎn赶

Chase

赶赴 • gǎn fù • Hurry to • HSK 3.0 · L7-9
HSK 3.0 · L7-9
gǎn赶
fù赴

Hurry to

立
kè刻
gǎn赶
lái来
。

He hurried over immediately after hearing the news.

tā他
zài在
zhuī追
gǎn赶
qián前
miàn面
de的
gōng公
jiāo交
chē车
。

He is chasing the bus ahead.

nóng农
mín民
yòng用
dào稻
cǎo草
rén人
qū驱
gǎn赶
xiǎo小
niǎo鸟
。

Farmers use scarecrows to drive away small birds.

kuài diǎnr zǒu, wǒmen yào gǎn nà bān huǒchē.
快点儿走，我们要赶那班火车。

Walk faster, we need to catch that train.

wǒ我
men们
gǎn赶
jǐn紧
qù去
chē车
zhàn站
ba吧
。

Let's hurry to the station.

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