這
zhèzhèi HSK1

this

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Original meaning: to meet

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 言 represents the sound. The character originally meant "to meet" and had a pronunciation corresponding to modern Mandarin yàn. 這 later acquired an unrelated pronunciation and meaning through confusion with another character.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
Change in meaning
辶 hints at the original meaning of 這, "to meet", which is no longer the most common meaning of 這 in modern Mandarin.
言
言 Sound component

Based on archaic pronunciation yàn.

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangŋrans

Sources

Character origin
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Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang