Chinese Character Wiki
辵

chuò

walk

Depicts a foot (止) walking in the middle of a street (彳). This character very rarely appears by itself. It is generally used as a component in other characters written as 辶.

Components
彳 iconic component

彳  Iconic component

chì

  

walk

彳 is a component form of 行.

止 iconic component

止  Iconic component

zhǐ

  

(foot), stop

Depicts a foot.

Evolution

辵 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
辵 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
辵 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

辵  

chuò

walk; walking; KangXi radical 162; to walk (side part of split character)

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

御

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

7622nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+8FB5

Shuowen

“辵，乍行乍止也。从彳，从止。讀若《春秋公羊傳》曰：‘辵階而走’。”


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