递降
dì​jiàng

decrease

递 dì hand over Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 弟 represents the sound. Simplified form of 遞.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

弟
弟 Sound component
dì, di younger brother

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Regular Modern

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica

降 jiàng, xiáng descend

Depicts two feet (夅) descending down a hill (阝).

Components

阝
阝 Iconic component
fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜. Depicts a hill.

夅
夅 SoundIconic component
jiàng, xiáng to descend

Depicts two feet walking down a hill.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 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 Shuowen ~100 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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkaewngHkˤruŋ-s (? < *-[u]m-s)descend
haewngm-kˤru[ŋ] (? < *-[u]m)submit

說文解字

《說文》：“降，下也。从，夅聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫張世超《金文形義通解》p.3353
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

遞 dì hand over Traditional

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

walk

虒
虒 Sound component
sī, xī, tí an amphibious beast resembling a tiger with one horn

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdejXlˤeʔalternate
Zhengzhangl'eːʔ
l'eːs
Unicodedhěi
dhèi

說文解字

更易也。从辵虒聲。

Sources

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