適
shìShì

suitable, to fit

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approved by Peter Olson · Mar 2, 2026, 05:18 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Mar 2, 2026, 05:18 AM

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

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

啻
啻 Sound component
chì, dì only

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 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-Sagartsyeks-tek scared
syeks-tek go to
tsyektek go to

說文解字

之也。从辵啻聲。適，宋魯語。

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)