遍及
biàn​jí

pervade

遍 biàn everywhere

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

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

扁
扁 Sound component
biǎn flat

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpeːns
Unicodebiɛ̀n

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

及 jí extend

Pictograph of a hand (又) reaching to grab a person (人).

Components

人
人 Iconic component
rén, ren person
又
又 Iconic component
yòu hand

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 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 Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (5 of 10 verified)

极级吸圾汲笈岌芨趿級

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartgip[m-k-]rəp reach to

說文解字

逮也。从又从人。

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)