chuō

to get ahead

Components

Meaning component
foot

foot

Sound component
zhuó, zhuō profound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrtʰeːwɢs
rtʰeːwɢ

說文解字

踶也。从足㔬聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica