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遮

zhē

cover, conceal

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

Components
辶 meaning component

辶  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

庶 sound component

庶  Sound component

shù

  

numerous

Evolution

遮 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
遮 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
遮 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

遮  

zhē

cover, shield, protect; to cover up (a shortcoming); to screen off; to hide; to conceal

Most common words with 遮
Freq.
Word
Meaning

遮

to hide

遮住

to block

遮掩

to cover

遮盖

to hide

遮挡

to shelter

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tA

tsyae

zhē

to cover


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 8.4415% of movies

2155th most common character in movies

2135th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+906E

Shuowen

“遮，遏也。从辵，庶聲。”


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