辵
chuò

walk

Depicts a foot (止) walking in the middle of a street (彳). This character very rarely appears by itself. It is generally used as a component in other characters written as 辶.

Components

彳
彳 Iconic component
chì, fú walk

彳 is a component form of 行.

止
止 Iconic component
zhǐ (foot), stop

Depicts a foot.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (3)

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtʰaɡ

說文解字

《說文》:“辵,乍行乍止也。从彳,从止。讀若《春秋公羊傳》曰:‘辵階而走’。”

Sources

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