巡逻
xún​luó HSK7

patrol

巡 xún patrol

To walk 辶 by the river 巛; 巛 also provides the pronunciation

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk
巛
巛 SoundMeaning component
chuān, shùn river

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartzwin[sə.l]u[n]perambulate
Zhengzhangsɢljun
Unicodezuin

說文解字

延行皃。从辵川聲。

Sources

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

逻 luó patrol Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 罗 represents the sound. Simplified form of 邏.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

罗
罗 Sound component
luó, luō, luo net for catching birds

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

邏 luó patrol Traditional

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

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

羅
羅 Sound component
net for catching birds

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangraːl
raːls
Unicodelɑ̀

說文解字

巡也。从辵羅聲。

Sources

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