趋 qū to hurry
to hurry; to hasten
怎么记住“趋”: 走 walk + 刍 hay = to hurry. The farmer's boy starts to walk home with a bale of hay, but when thunder rolls over the hill he has to hurry.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
趋 = 走 walk + 刍 hay
- 走 walk meaning
- 刍 hay sound
The farmer's boy starts to walk home with a bale of hay, but when thunder rolls over the hill he has to hurry.
How it came to be
Walking gives the meaning and the hay the sound, written shorter in the simplified form.
用法
- To tend toward / move in a direction. 趋势 (qūshì) a trend: 发展趋势 (fāzhǎn qūshì) a development trend.
- 趋于 (qūyú) = to tend toward (a state): 价格趋于稳定 (jiàgé qūyú wěndìng) prices are tending toward stability.
- 日趋 (rìqū) = day by day increasingly: 日趋成熟 (rìqū chéngshú) growing more mature by the day. A written-register word.