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■ radical

dí

to advance

How it’s built

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

辶
meaning

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

由
sound

cause; from; due to — The pronunciation of 迪 was similar to 由 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes.

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