迄
qì HSK7

extend

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

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

乞
乞 Sound component
qǐ, qì beg

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanghŋɯd

說文解字

至也。从辵气聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)