Chinese Character Wiki
适

kuò, shì

suitable, to fit

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 舌 represents the sound. Simplified form of 適.

Components
辶 meaning component

辶  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

舌 sound component

舌  Sound component

shé

  

tongue

Evolution

适 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
适 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
适 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
适 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

适  

kuò

see 李适[Lǐ​Kuò]

适 (適) 

shì

match, comfortable; just; to fit; suitable; proper; just (now); comfortable; well; to go; to follow or pursue

适 (適) 

Shì

surname Shi

Most common words with 适
Freq.
Word
Meaning

适合

to fit

合适

suitable

适应

to adapt

适当

suitable

舒适

cozy

Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 57.9369% of movies

782nd most common character in movies

663rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Traditional

適

Unicode

U+9002

Shuowen

“，疾也。从辵，聲。讀與括同。”


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