远郊 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

yuǎnjiāo

outskirts

yuǎn distant Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 元 represents the sound. Simplified form of 遠.

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

元 Sound component

yuán first

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

jiāo suburbs, outskirts

Phonosemantic compound. ⻏ represents the meaning and 交 represents the sound.

Components

交 Sound component

jiāo to cross, to mix

⻏ Meaning component

yì city

⻏ is a component form of 邑.

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 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

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kaew	[k]ˤraw	suburb

說文解字

《說文》：“郊，距國百里為郊。从邑，交聲。”

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)

yuǎn distant Traditional

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

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

袁 Sound component

yuán robe

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Qin 221-206 BC

Seal form — Seal Qin 221-206 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

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

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hjwonX	C.ɢʷanʔ	far

說文解字

遼也。从辵袁聲。

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)