■ radical

zhè

this

How it’s built

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 言 represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "to meet", which is unrelated to the modern meaning.

辶

meaning

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

言

sound

speech — The pronunciation of 這 was similar to 言 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes.

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