Depicts a foot (止) walking in the middle of a street (彳). This character very rarely appears by itself. It is generally used as a component in other characters written as 辶.
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Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | tʰaɡ |
說文解字
《說文》：“辵，乍行乍止也。从彳，从止。讀若《春秋公羊傳》曰：‘辵階而走’。”
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)