趋 qū to hurry
to hurry; to hasten
How to remember 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.
Component breakdown
趋 = 走 walk + 刍 hay
- 走 walk
- 刍 hay
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 is used
- 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.