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hand over

HSK 10 N1
Human →Actions
dì
テイ
かわ.る、たがいに
체
Components
Traditional (遞)
辶 walk+ 虒 an amphibious beast =
遞 hand over
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk
walk
虒 Phonetic component
sī an amphibious beast
an amphibious beast resembling a tiger with one horn
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Simplified (递)
辶 walk+ 弟 younger brother =
递 hand over
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk
辶 is a component form of 辵.
弟 Phonetic component
dì younger brother
young brother
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Japanese (逓)
辶 walk+ 乕 brave =
逓 hand over
辶
辶
walk
乕
乕
brave
Notes
Similar Characters
巡 patrol暹 rise边 margin (simp)辽 distant (iii) (simp)达 arrive (simp)迁 shift (simp)迂 doctrinaire迄 so far迅 speedy过 through (simp)迈 take a big stride (simp)迎 greet运 luck (simp)近 near迓 to go to meet返 go back迕 obstinate (iii)还 yet (simp)这 here (simp)进 make (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
递
Regular
Modern
Chinese
递 / 遞 [dì]
to hand over; to pass on sth; to gradually increase or decrease; progressively
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (44)
传递 [chuán​dì] #5,490
to transmit
快递 [kuài​dì] #7,828
express delivery
递交 [dì​jiāo] #12,440
to present
邮递员 [yóu​dì​yuán] #10,531
mailman
递增 [dì​zēng] #62,380
to increase by degrees
投递 [tóu​dì] #25,096
to deliver
速递 [sù​dì] #25,974
courier
递减 [dì​jiǎn] #37,125
progressively decreasing
递送 [dì​sòng] #20,430
to send (a message)
邮递 [yóu​dì] #29,139
to mail
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JAPANESE WORDS (18)
駅逓 [えきてい] #111,636
delivery of packages
逓増 [ていぞう] #112,937
gradual increase
逓信省 [ていしんしょう] #117,099
Ministry of Communications and Transportation (dissolved in 1949)
逓信 [ていしん] #119,579
communications (e.g. post, telegraph)
逓減 [ていげん] #123,899
gradual decrease
逓信大臣 [ていしんだいじん] #166,904
Minister of Communications and Transportation (1885-1949)
逓送 [ていそう] #205,637
forwarding
逓伝 [ていでん] #243,538
relay
駅逓局 [えきていきょく] #314,481
post office
逓次 [ていじ] #315,780
successively
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