驱逐 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

qū spur a horse on Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 区 represents the sound. Simplified form of 驅.

Components

马 Meaning component

mǎ horse

区 Sound component

qū area

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

zhú chase

Depicts a foot (辶) chasing after a wild hog (豕).

Components

辶 Iconic component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

豕 Iconic component

shǐ pig

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	drjuwk	[l]riwk	pursue

說文解字

《說文》：“逐，追也。从辵，从豚省。”

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)

qū spur a horse on Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 馬 represents the meaning and 區 represents the sound.

Components

馬 Meaning component

mǎ horse

區 Sound component

qū area

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	khju	[k]ʰ(r)o	drive (horses) forward
Zhengzhang		kʰo
		kʰos
Unicode	kio

說文解字

馬馳也。从馬區聲。

Sources

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

驱 qū spur a horse on Simplified

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逐 zhú chase

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說文解字

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驅 qū spur a horse on Traditional

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qū spur a horse on Simplified

zhú chase

qū spur a horse on Traditional