遇雨顺延 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

yù meet

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

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

禺 Sound component

yú, yù, ǒu district

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ngjuH	ŋ(r)o-s	meet with

說文解字

逢也。从辵禺聲。

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)

yǔ rain

Pictograph of rain falling from a cloud.

Character Evolution

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Meaning (7 of 38 verified)

露雪震零霍雾霸霞霉霆霜雯霄霖霎霹雳霓雹霭霾霁霰霏霈電雩霪霅雲霑霧霂霝靂霡霽霢 show all 38 show fewer

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hjuX	C.ɢʷ(r)aʔ	rain
	hjuH	[ɢ]ʷ(r)aʔ-s	rain (v.t.)

說文解字

《說文》：“雨，水从雲下也。一象天，冂象雲，水霝其間也。，古文。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.813-814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)

shùn obey, follow Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 页 represents the meaning and 川 represents the sound. Simplified form of 順.

Components

川 Sound component

chuān stream

页 Meaning component

yè page

Depicts a head.

Sources

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

yán delay

Original meaning: walk

Phonosemantic compound. 廴 represents the meaning and 正 represents the sound.

Components

正 Sound component

zhèng, zheng, zhēng correct

Change in sound

延 and 正 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
延 yen
正 tsyeng

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 正 than it was in ancient scripts.

廴 Meaning component

yǐn, yìn walk

Character Evolution

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Sound (4 of 6 verified)

蛋诞蜒涎筵誕

Remnant (1)

蛋

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

埏

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	yen	la[n]	extend

說文解字

《說文》：“延，長行也。从，丿聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.135
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

shùn obey, follow Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 頁 represents the meaning and 川 represents the sound.

Components

川 Sound component

chuān stream

頁 Meaning component

yè (head), page

Depicts a head.

Character Evolution

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Baxter-Sagart	zywinH	Cə.lu[n]-s	follow; obey

說文解字

《說文》：“順，理也。从頁、从巛。”

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)

遇 yù meet

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雨 yǔ rain

Character Evolution

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Meaning (7 of 38 verified)

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

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說文解字

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顺 shùn obey, follow Simplified

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延 yán delay

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (4 of 6 verified)

Remnant (1)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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順 shùn obey, follow Traditional

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說文解字

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yù meet

yǔ rain

shùn obey, follow Simplified

yán delay

shùn obey, follow Traditional