急遽
jí​jù

rapid

急 jí urgent

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 及 represents the sound.

Components

心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart
人+又
人+又 Meaning component
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 人+又 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Simplified (2)

隐稳

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

喼

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkip[k](r)əp urgent

說文解字

《說文》：“，褊也。从心，及聲。”

Sources

Character origin
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)

遽 jù, qú suddenly

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

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

豦
豦 Sound component
jù, qú a wild boar

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

蘧

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartgjoH[ɡ](r)a(k)-spost horse or carriage
Zhengzhangɡas
Unicodeghiù

說文解字

傳也。一曰窘也。从辵豦聲。

Sources

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