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Chinese symbol for “hurry”

赶到
gǎn dào
Traditional: 趕到
to hurry (to some place)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hurry is 赶到 (gǎn dào), defined as: to hurry (to some place).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

赶 gǎn
to pursue, to overtake; to hurry; to expel
radical 156 ⾛ · 10 strokes
到 dào
to go to, to arrive
radical 18 ⼑ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “hurry”

WordPinyinMeaning
奔bēnto hurry; to rush
赶赴 (趕赴)gǎn fùto hurry; to rush
遽jùhurry; fast
赶忙 (趕忙)gǎn mángto hurry; to hasten
遄chuánto hurry; to go to and fro

Related words

Other words that share a character with 赶到.

WordPinyinMeaning
赶紧 (趕緊)gǎn jǐnhurriedly; without delay
赶快 (趕快)gǎn kuàiquickly; at once
赶上 (趕上)gǎn shàngto keep up with; to catch up with
赶走 (趕走)gǎn zǒuto drive out; to turn back
赶来 (趕來)gǎn láito rush over
看到kàn dàoto see
得到dé dàoto get; to obtain; to receive
受到shòu dàoto receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “hurry”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.