迥
jiǒng

distant

Separated 辶 by a border 冋; 冋 also provides the pronunciation

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk
冋
冋 SoundMeaning component
jiōng, jiǒng a desert

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡʷeːŋʔ
Unicodehuěng

說文解字

遠也。从辵冋聲。

Sources

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