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遣

qiǎn

send

Depicts a pair of hands (𦥑) sending out an army (師) from the military. The 辶 (walk) component was later added.

Components
辶 meaning component

辶  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

𦥑 iconic component

𦥑  Iconic component

jú

  

two hands

Depicts two hands.

師 meaning,remnant component

師  Meaning Remnant component

shī

  

teacher

𠂤 is used here as an abbreviation of 師.

Evolution

遣 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
遣 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
遣 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
遣 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
遣 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

遣  

qiǎn

send, dispatch; send off, exile; to dispatch; to send; to dispel

Most common words with 遣
Freq.
Word
Meaning

派遣

to dispatch

遣

to send

消遣

amusement

遣返

to send back

遣送

to send away

Component uses

Sound component in 4 characters (2 verified)

譴 谴 繾 缱

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k]ʰe[n]ʔ

khjienX

qiǎn

send

*[k]ʰe[n]ʔ-s (*kʰ- doesn't palatalize)

khjienH

qiàn

grave goods


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 6.8717% of movies

2300th most common character in movies

1780th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+9063

Shuowen

“遣，縱也。从辵，聲。”


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