驶往
shǐ​wǎng

head for

驶 shǐ sail Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 史 represents the sound. Simplified form of 駛.

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse
史
史 Sound component
shǐ history

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

往 wǎng, wàng go

Phonosemantic compound. 彳 and 止 represent the meaning, and 王 represents the sound.

Components

彳
彳 Meaning component
chì, fú walk

彳 is a component form of 行.

止
止 Meaning component
zhǐ (foot), stop

Depicts a foot. Abbreviated to a single stroke in the modern form.

王
王 Sound component
wáng king

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal 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 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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

狂

Remnant (1)

狂

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthjwangXɢʷaŋʔ go to

說文解字

《說文》：“往，之也。从彳，聲。，古文从辵。”

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)

駛 shǐ sail Traditional

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

Components

馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse
史
史 Sound component
shǐ history

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsrɯʔ
srɯs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica