迂儒
yū​rú

pedant

迂 yū doctrinaire

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

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

于
于 Sound component
yú at

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartʔjuqʷ(r)aastray; far
hju[ɢ]ʷ(r)abend, deflect; far away
Zhengzhangqʷa
qʷaʔ
ɢʷa

說文解字

避也。从辵于聲。

Sources

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

儒 rú Confucian scholar

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 需 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

需
需 Sound component
xū need

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnyuno侏儒 zhūrú "dwarf", scholar, Confucianism<br><small>(not in original list)</small>
Zhengzhangnjo
Unicodenjio
njio

說文解字

柔也。術士之偁。从人需聲。

Sources

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