逍
xiāo

ramble

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

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

肖
肖 Sound component
xiào look like

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsjew[s]ewbe at ease
Zhengzhangsew
Unicodesiɛu

說文解字

逍遥，猶翱翔也。从辵肖聲。

Sources

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