遏
è HSK7

stop

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

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

曷
曷 Sound component
hé, è, hè why? what? where?

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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 Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartʔatqˤatrepress; cease
Zhengzhangqaːd

說文解字

微止也。从辵曷聲。讀若桑蟲之蝎。

Sources

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