迎
yíng HSK2

receive

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

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

卬
卬 Sound component
áng, ang, yǎng high

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngjaengŋ<r>aŋ go to meet
ngjaengHŋ<r>aŋ-s go to meet

說文解字

逢也。从辵卬聲。

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)