遐 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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xiá

afar

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

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

叚 Sound component

jiǎ

false

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

xiá

afar, distant; old, advanced in; distant; long-lasting; to abandon

Most common words with 遐

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	遐想	reverie
	闻名遐迩	to be famous far and wide (idiom)
	遐	distant
	遐思	reverie
	遐迩	near and far

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[g]ˤra	hae	xiá	distant

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3852nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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