输送 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

shū transport Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 车 represents the meaning and 俞 represents the sound. Simplified form of 輸.

Components

车 Meaning component

chē cart, vehicle

俞 Sound component

yú, shù surname

Sources

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

sòng see off

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

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

灷 Sound component

zhuàn seal up gaps of a boat

Modern form looks like 关.

Change in sound

送 and 灷 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Regular Modern

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	suwngH	[s]ˤoŋ-s	escort (v.), send

說文解字

遣也。从辵，㑞省。

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)

shū transport Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 俞 represents the sound.

Components

車 Meaning component

chē cart, vehicle

俞 Sound component

yú, shù surname

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	syu	l̥o	convey (v.); lose

說文解字

《說文》：“輸，委輸也。从車，俞聲。”

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)

输 shū transport Simplified

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送 sòng see off

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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輸 shū transport Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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shū transport Simplified

sòng see off

shū transport Traditional