Derived from 彳, which depicts a street intersection. The last stroke is lengthened to indicate the meaning "walk" or "long stride".
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | linʔ |
說文解字
《說文》：“廴，長行也。从彳引之。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 李学勤《字源》p.141
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)