趨
qū

hasten, approach

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

Components

走
走 Meaning component
zǒu walk
芻
芻 Sound component
mow, cut grass

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsrhju[ts]ʰro hasten

說文解字

《說文》：“趨，走也。从走，芻聲。”

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)

趋 qū hasten, approach Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 走 represents the meaning and 刍 represents the sound. Simplified form of 趨.

Components

走
走 Meaning component
zǒu walk
刍
刍 Sound component
chú, zōu mow, cut grass

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode