Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 言 represents the sound. The character originally meant "to meet" and had a pronunciation corresponding to modern Mandarin yàn. 這 later acquired an unrelated pronunciation and meaning through confusion with 遮.
Components
Traditional (這)
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk
言 Phonetic component
yán say
words, speech
Based on archaic pronunciation yàn.
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辶 Meaning component
chuò walk
文 Phonetic component
wén writing
literature, culture, writing
Simplified from the 言 component in the traditional character 這, which is based on archaic pronunciation yàn.
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Chinese
这 / 這 [zhè]
this; these; (commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (44)
这个 [zhège] #54
this
这样 [zhèyàng] #68
this kind of
这些 [zhèxiē] #119
these
这么 [zhème] #90
so much
这里 [zhèlǐ] #76
variant of 這裡|这里[zhèlǐ]
这种 [zhèzhǒng] #256
this
这儿 [zhèr] #173
here
这边 [zhèbiān] #687
this side
这时 [zhèshí] #5,156
at this time
这般 [zhèbān] #21,858
like this
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JAPANESE WORDS (42)
⭐ 入り口 [いりぐち] #1,914
entrance
⭐ 入り込む [はいりこむ] #2,772
to go into
⭐ 出入り [でいり] #2,798
going in and out
⭐ 這う [はう] #3,715
to crawl
⭐ 入る [いる] #7,401
to enter
這い上がる [はいあがる] #12,828
to creep up
四つん這い [よつんばい] #15,221
crawling on all fours
這いずる [はいずる] #15,716
to creep
這い出る [はいでる] #16,764
to crawl out of
這い出す [はいだす] #17,548
to crawl out
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