途径
tú​jìng HSK6

way

途 tú way, journey

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

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

余
余 Sound component
yú I
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdulˤa road

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

径 jìng narrow path Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 彳 represents the meaning and 𢀖 represents the sound. Simplified form of 徑.

Components

彳
彳 Meaning component
chì, fú walk

彳 is a component form of 行.

𢀖
𢀖 Sound component
jīng, xíng warp (textile)

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

徑 jìng narrow path Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 彳 represents the meaning and 巠 represents the sound.

Components

彳
彳 Meaning component
chì, fú walk

彳 is a component form of 行.

巠
巠 Sound component
jīng warp (textile)

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkengH[k]ˤeŋ-s small path

說文解字

《說文》：“徑，步道也。从彳，巠聲。”

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)