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shìShì HSK2

suitable, to fit

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Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 舌 represents the sound. Simplified form of 適.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

舌
舌 Sound component
shé tongue

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkoːd
kʰoːd

說文解字

《說文》：“，疾也。从辵，聲。讀與括同。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)