逐
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#952 most
frequent character
(bound form) to pursue, to chase away
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
逐 shows a foot on a road 辶 chasing a pig 豕, so it first meant to chase or pursue. From that came to expel. The sense 'one after another' was borrowed for its sound, not from the picture.
Drawn as: foot on road; pig chased
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