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sòng HSK1

see off

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approved by inralback19 · Dec 7, 2025, 06:20 PM

modern fo

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

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component

辶 is a component form of 辵.

灷
灷 Sound component

Modern form looks like 关.

Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsuwngH[s]ˤoŋ-s escort (v.), send

說文解字

遣也。从辵，㑞省。

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)