逝
shì HSK7

pass away

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

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

折
折 Sound component
zhé, zhē, shé break off

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzyejH[d]at-sgo to
Zhengzhangɦljeds
Unicodezhiɛ̀i

說文解字

往也。从辵折聲。讀若誓。

Sources

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