to keep up with; to catch up with; to overtake; to chance upon; in tim
赶 (gǎn) · 10 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 走 represents the meaning and 干 represents the sound. Simplified form of 趕.
上 (shǎng) · 3 strokes
Originally a small line or dot above a longer line, indicating "up". The vertical line was added to distinguish the character from 二 (two). Opposite of 下.