xiè
unexpected meeting
Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 解 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[g]ˤre-s | heaH | xiè | 邂逅 xièhòu carefree ((Odes 94.1–2, 118.2) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4605th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 16 |
Unicode | U+9082 |
Shuowen | 《說文新附》:“邂,邂逅,不期而遇也。从辵,解聲。” |
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