巡逻车
xún​luó​chē

patrol car

巡 xún patrol

To walk 辶 by the river 巛; 巛 also provides the pronunciation

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk
巛
巛 SoundMeaning component
chuān, shùn river

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartzwin[sə.l]u[n]perambulate
Zhengzhangsɢljun
Unicodezuin

說文解字

延行皃。从辵川聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

逻 luó patrol Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 罗 represents the sound. Simplified form of 邏.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

罗
罗 Sound component
luó, luō, luo net for catching birds

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

车 chē cart, vehicle Simplified

Pictograph of a war chariot. The simplified character 车 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 車.

Component uses

Meaning (13 of 53 verified)

军转连轻较阵输载软轮轰辑辆辈辖轨辅舆轩辐轴轿轼辙轧辗辄辘辕轲轶辍辎辏辔轱轭毂轸轳辊轫辚辂轾辋轹轺轵辌辒辁轷

Sound (2 of 4 verified)

库斩厍砗

Iconic (1)

辇

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.939
Readings & variants
Unicode

邏 luó patrol Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 羅 represents the sound.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

羅
羅 Sound component
net for catching birds

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangraːl
raːls
Unicodelɑ̀

說文解字

巡也。从辵羅聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

車 chē cart, vehicle Traditional

Pictograph of a war chariot.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (19 of 50 verified)

較輕轉軟連載轎輔陣輸輓軌轘軸軍輾軒輪輩軛輿轂轗輻軔軻輒輥轟輂軲轍軾輛輟𨊠庫軋輊輬輯轆軼轅轡轤軫輭轀轄

Iconic (2)

軎輦

Sound (2)

庫斬

Unknown (0 of 1 verified)

墼

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyhae[t.qʰ](r)A chariot
kjoC.q(r)a chariot

說文解字

《說文》：“車，輿輪之總名。夏后時奚仲所造。象形。，籀文車。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.939漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)