Chinese symbol for “retroactively”
追
zhuī
to chase; to pursue; to look into; to investigate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for retroactively is 追 (zhuī), defined as: to chase; to pursue; to look into; to investigate; to reminisce; to recall.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 追.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 追求 | zhuī qiú | to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after |
| 追踪 (追蹤) | zhuī zōng | to track; to trace; to follow up; (HK, Tw) to follow (on social media) |
| 追究 | zhuī jiū | to investigate; to look into |
| 追加 | zhuī jiā | to add something extra; an additional increment |
| 追逐 | zhuī zhú | to chase; to pursue vigorously |
| 追溯 | zhuī sù | lit. to go upstream; to trace sth back to |
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.