qūn​xún

hesitate

qūn, xùn, suō retreat

Components

Meaning component
chuò walk

walk

Sound component
qūn to dawdle

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰlun
Unicodetsuin

說文解字

復也。从辵夋聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

xún patrol

To walk  by the river  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
chuò walk
SoundMeaning component
chuān, shùn river

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
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-Sagartzwin[sə.l]u[n]perambulate
Zhengzhangsɢljun
Unicodezuin

說文解字

延行皃。从辵川聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica