赶超
gǎn​chāo

overtake

赶 gǎn pursue, catch up Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 走 represents the meaning and 干 represents the sound. Simplified form of 趕.

Components

走
走 Meaning component
zǒu walk
干
干 Sound component
gàn, gān interfere

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡan
ɡʷad

說文解字

《說文》：“赶，舉尾走也。从走，干聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

超 chāo jump over

Phonosemantic compound. 走 represents the meaning and 召 represents the sound.

Components

走
走 Meaning component
zǒu walk
召
召 Sound component
zhào summon

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 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-Sagarttrhjewtʰr[a]w leap over, surpass

說文解字

《說文》：“超，跳也。从走，召聲。”

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)

趕 gǎn pursue, catch up Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 走 represents the meaning and 旱 represents the sound.

Components

走
走 Meaning component
zǒu walk
旱
旱 Sound component
hàn drought

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkaːnʔ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang