■ radical

guò

pass

How it’s built

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 咼 represents the sound. The simplified character 过 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 過.

辶

meaning

walk; move — 辶 is a component form of 辵.

寸

simplified

inch; thumb; (hand) — Shorthand for the 咼 component in the traditional character 過.

Through the ages

Traditional script

Cursive script

Appears in

Characters that use 过 as a component, most common first.

挝wōto beat