逮住
dǎi​zhù

caught

逮 dǎi, dài seize

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk
隶
隶 SoundMeaning component
lì subservient

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdojHm-rˤəp-s reach to

說文解字

《說文》：“逮，唐逮，及也。从辵，隶聲。”

Sources

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

住 zhù reside

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 主 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

主
主 Sound component
zhǔ master

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdrjuHdro(ʔ)-s stop (v.)

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart