dié
repeatedly
Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 失 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 迭
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
alternately | ||
each new high point replaced by another | ||
to alternate | ||
hurriedly | ||
iteration (math.) |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*lˤi[t] | det | dié | alternate (v.) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 1.1533% of movies
3179th most common character in movies
3018th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+8FED |
Shuowen | “迭，更迭也。从辵，失聲。一曰达。” |
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