送殡
sòng​bìn

attend funeral

送 sòng see off

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

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

灷
灷 Sound component
zhuàn seal up gaps of a boat

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
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

殡 bìn encoffin Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 歹 represents the meaning and 宾 represents the sound. Simplified form of 殯.

Components

歹
歹 Meaning component
dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad
宾
宾 Sound component
bīn guest

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

殯 encoffin Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 歹 represents the meaning and 賓 represents the sound.

Components

歹
歹 Meaning component
dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad
賓
賓 Sound component
bīn guest

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpins

說文解字

死在棺，將遷葬柩，賓遇之。从歺从賓，賓亦聲。夏后殯於阼階，殷人殯於兩楹之閒，周人殯於賓階。

Sources

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