追
← →
chase
On-Yomi: ツイ — Kun-Yomi: お.う
Elements:
chase, maestro, road
Primitive:
maestro To go with this primitive meaning, you might picture a tuxedo-clad maestro waving his baton about wildly. The baton is seen in the drop at the top. And the two boxes attached to the long vertical stroke may represent his tuxedo tails, if you wish. [6]
Heisig story:
Maestro . . . road.
Koohii stories:
1) [dingomick] 14-2-2007(222): Maestro, coattails flapping wildly, is being chased down the road by his fans.
2) [sleepyday] 26-10-2008(51): This Kanji reminds me of Nodame Cantabile. I just have to imagine Chiaki, our maestro in training, getting chased by Nodame down the road.
3) [synewave] 8-4-2007(50): Maestro primative = James Bond. Here he gives chase down the road to the bad guys. I'm thinking of the car chase in 'The Man with the Golden Gun' - NOT pursue (#539 逐). I think about 'Race N Chase' (a scalextric type toy)…there were no pigs in 'Race N Chase', only cars.
4) [uberclimber] 2-3-2011(33): I'm going to use Beyonce as the primitive meaning. She's a bit of a musical maestro herself AND she has an amazing butt, so all the bases are covered. Plus the radical looks like a 'B'! So this kanji is a pictograph of me chasing gorgeous Beyonce down the road. Mmm, Beyonce! (drool). 追う おう run after, drive out; 追い付く おいつく overtake, catch up (with); 追放 ついほう banishment, exile; 追加 ついか supplement, addition.
5) [jslindst] 6-3-2009(9): I use Bond for the Maestro (the primitive also resembles B). Here you see James Bond being chased on a road.