Origin

The character 逐 combines a component meaning "pig" (豕) with the "walk" or "movement" radical (⻌), which appears on the left side. The pig component here likely represents something being driven or chased — perhaps because pigs were animals that needed to be herded or driven away. Adding the movement radical creates the sense of actively pursuing or driving something, which evolved into meanings like "chase," "pursue," and eventually "accomplish" or "attain" (in the sense of reaching a goal). The visual combination of an animal with a movement indicator thus captures the idea of one thing pursuing another.

AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Compound ideographic (combined meanings).