The Chinese Radical: 辶


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movement    辶

Explanation In some cases this radical is used, but the mnemonics are the same.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
this, these, present, now
zhè, zhèi
Left: movement , right: text/language (Image of a folding table for writing a text.)
In languages you have movements (= changes): Also in this.  
JLPT HSK 2
to move, transport, use, luck, fate
yùn
Left: movement , right: cloud (It can drip from both , namely from noses or: clouds)
The movement of clouds stands for: movements and transport.  
JLPT HSK 2
close to, near, approximately
jìn
Left: movement ; right: axe (image of an axe)
What the axe reaches in its movement, is close.  
JLPT HSK 2
far, distant, remote
yuǎn
Left: movement , right: Yuan/money, origin (=two legs )
The movement [circulation] of the Yuan reaches the far distant.  
JLPT HSK 2
to pass through, to go across, (experienced action marker)
guò
Left: movement , right: skillful hand
A movement of the skillful hand and you have passed through.  
JLPT HSK 2
to deliver, send, carry, give (as a present)
sòng
Left: movement , right: to close (The mountain pass in the sky is closed.)
Down out of heaven with a movement this was delivered.  
JLPT HSK 2
way, road, principle, truth, Taoism
dào
Left: movement , right: head/chief (eye with emphasized eyebrow as: chief)
The movement of the chief determines the way.  
JLPT HSK 2
still in progress, even more, also
hái, huán
Left: movement , right: not (Four strokes are not enough!)
(Laziness at work) Not moving? - I am still in progress!  
JLPT HSK 2
side, edge, margin, border, simultaneously
biān
Left: movement , right: power
When sb. moves (pushes) with force, it's best to step aside.  
JLPT HSK 2
to advance, to enter, to come (or go) into
jìn
Left: movement , right: a well - (simplified from 進, which showed the forward movement of a bird .) Here: See as railway tracks 丿 which are connected by railway sleepers
Move along the rails to advance.  
JLPT HSK 3
to meet, to encounter, opportunity, chance

Left: movement , right: scorpion (image of a scorpion: combination of a carapace of the insect with long legs )
(A mating/courtship ritual?) Movements of a scorpion with the opportunity to meet someone. (And then they , became accidentally a pair 偶.)  
JLPT HSK 3
to greet, welcome, to meet, to face
yíng
Left: movement , right: ([at the left] an odd person bowing down deeply [at the right])
The movement of an odd person bowing down deeply is a: Greeting.  
JLPT HSK 3
leg, lower extremities
tuǐ
退
Left: body part /, right: retreat 退 (The movement is not good if it is a retreat.)
The part of the body that can be retreated is the leg.  
JLPT HSK 3
late, delayed, slow
chí
Left: movement , right: Chinese foot (30.3 cm) = a person [with belly ] who puts one foot in front of the other when measuring that distance.
If you only put one foot in front of the other when moving, you are slow and it will be late.  
JLPT HSK 3
to choose, to pick, to select, to elect
xuǎn
Left: movement , right: first, in advance (A cow with only two legs walks preceding.)
Who moves (fast), is the first to choose.  
JLPT HSK 4
to follow, to comply with, to allow
suí
Left: hill , right: 迶 (movement , have/exist [I have hand and body ])
(For hunters: Animals prefer to live in the valleys) Between the hills are existing movements: Follow them!  
JLPT HSK 4
everywhere, all over, classifier for actions: one time
biàn
Left: movement , right: flat (door 戸 with writing tablet as: "door plate")
(They often hang on strings) Moveable door plates are everywhere.  
JLPT HSK 4
to link, join, connect, continuously, including
lián
Left: movement , right: vehicle (=車 cart with axle load-area and two wheels )
Vehicles and 'movement' are linked.  
JLPT HSK 4
confused, bewilder, crazy about, enthusiast

Left: movement 辶, right: rice (Here: From a central point it radiates into eight directions.)
Who moves in eight directions is confused and bewildered.  
JLPT HSK 4
fast, rapid, quick, velocity

Left: movement , right: bundle (Plants / like sheafs of rice (cf.), which are bound with a ribbon as a bundle)
If you bundle it, the movement (= transport) is faster.  
JLPT HSK 4
suitable, to fit proper, comfortable
shì
Left: movement , right: tongue (Thousand mouths with tongues) (适 is the simplification of 適, which shows the "old emperor" = combination of old and emperor )
I emphasize , the old moves suitable / proper.  
JLPT HSK 4
to invite, to request, to intercept, to solicit or seek
yāo
Left: movement , right: (white , release, let loose (In his side he was striked 攵, until he released) cf.
The movement with which I hold the white stick in my hand in a direction, is an invitation.  
JLPT HSK 4
to connect, to go through, communicate, to clear, open
tōng
Left: movement , right: (bent person , use/usage ) [ = A fence can be used]
(Old people stay fit to keep up in our society) Bent persons need movement to stay connected.  
JLPT HSK 4
to stroll, to roam, to visit
guàng
Left: movement , right: mad/wild 狂 (The wild animal of the king is mad.)
The movement is mad, when the wild animal with the king is strolling or roaming.  
JLPT HSK 5
to disobey, to violate, to separate, to go against
wéi
Left: movement , right: leather (Two layers are separated with special sword to make leather.)
(Cutting is destructive:) If two parts are cut apart with the movement of the sword is disobedient.  
JLPT HSK 5
to lose, to leave behind, to omit, to bequeath

Left: movement , right: 貴 (member and twice crossed out as 'no more')
The movement when you are 'no-more' a member, is a: losing or been left behind.  
退
JLPT HSK 5
to retreat, to decline, to move back, to withdraw
tuì
退
Left: movement , right: not good ('good' would be , but here the accent is missing, thus 'not good')
The movement is not good if it is a retreat.  
JLPT HSK 5
to return (to)
fǎn
Left: movement , right: against/opposition (Climbing the cliff by hand ? I am opposing)
A movement into the opposite means to return.  
JLPT HSK 5
to attain, to reach, to amount to, eminent

Left: movement (here: endeavor). right: big
Who wants sth. big and endeavors can attain it.  
JLPT HSK 5
to chase, to pursue, gradually, one by one
zhú
Left: movement , right: pig (cf.豚)
The pig moves when it is pursued or chased.  
JLPT HSK 5
to hand over, transmit, deliver, progressively

Left: movement , right: younger brother (A feathered arrow λ from the bow of my younger brother.)
(The young typically had to do the delivery work:) My younger brother's movement is handing over or delivering.  
JLPT HSK 5
patrol, logic
luó
Left: movement , right: to sift (With the net 罒 we sifted until evening .)
The eye 罒 moves in the evening at a patrol, (where it is best to proceed logically).  
JLPT HSK 5
to obey, comply with, to observe, to follow
zūn
Left: movement , right: honorific (When sth. comes out of a wine mug by a skillful hand , it's seen to be: honorific.)
A honorific movement is obedient.  
JLPT HSK 5
to avoid, to shun, to flee, to escape

Left: movement , right: anal penetration, torture (buttock from the side , anus and a needle as symbol for penetration or torture)
Movements during anal penetration should be avoided.  
JLPT HSK 5
to chase after, pursue, to seek, to recall
zhuī
Left: movement , right: a pair of buttocks (both cheeks)
(I see him from behind:) his buttocks in its movement when I chase or follow him.  
JLPT HSK 5
to escape, to run away, to flee
táo
Left: movement 辶, right: sign/omen (Here: as an image of radiating outwardly from a center in all directions)
Movements in all different directions is a sign of escape.  
JLPT HSK 5
to force, pressing, to compel, urgent

Left: movement , right: white (sun with a ray as sunshine)
(I want into the shade) The white sunshine urges my movement with force.  
JLPT HSK 5
to manufacture, to build, to invent
zào
Left: movement , right: announce, proclaim (cow opens mouth )
The movements announce that something shall be manufactured.  
JLPT HSK 5
to penetrate, to pass through, soak, thoroughly
tòu
Left: movement , right: excellent (Grain plants big as a plump pregnancy belly : excellent!)
This movement was excellent and penetrating.  
JLPT HSK 5
road, way, route

Left: movement , right: excess/rest (A heap is still on the altar [= to show], thus in excess.)
(Too much traffic) Movement is in excess on the roads and ways.  
JLPT HSK 5
rapid, speedy, fast
xùn
Left: movement , right: 卂 (ten , var. of crane (cf. )
The movement of the ten cranes is rapid.  
JLPT HSK 5
trace, sign, mark, footprint, vestige, indication

Left: movement , right: also, namely (To see this variation as red , you can also do.) [red : When earth (clay) is burned , the pottery becomes red ]
The movement of the 'reddish' (e.g. a pen) leaves a trace.  
JLPT HSK 5
to narrate, to state, to tell, formulate
shù
Left: movement , right: skill, method 术 (To hang something up in a tree , you need skills)
About the movements of the marked tree it has been narrated.  
JLPT HSK 5
to tease (play with), to stay, to pause
dòu
Left: movement , right: bean
"His movements are like that of a bean", that's how you can tease.  
JLPT HSK 5
coarse (in texture), rough
cāo
Left: rice , right: to manufacture, build, construct 造 (The movement announces that sth. shall be built.)
(No joke: Rice was used in the mortar of the Chinese Wall) Rice is suitable for construction, when it is coarse.  
JLPT HSK 6
to dispatch, send
qiǎn
Left: movement , right from top: center , one , buttocks
Move one buttock from the center, I want to dispatch him.  
JLPT HSK 6
contrary, opposite, to go against, rebel

Left: movement , right: disobedient (A plant's shoot that grows crooked is disobedient.)
A movement, that is 'disobedient' is contrary.  
JLPT HSK 6
to patrol, to make one's rounds
xún
Left: movement , right: wild river (var. of river , here: badge of rank of US-army sergeants)
The movement of US-sergeants is to patrol.  
JLPT HSK 6
distantly apart, far away
liáo
Left: movement , right: perfect suffix, to accomplish (The still arm-less child should be completed.)
Since his movement was in perfect tense, he is in far distance.  
JLPT HSK 6
(of time) to pass, to die
shì
Left: movement , right: break (A hand with an axe breaks or causes a loss)
The movement breaks when the time passes on.  
JLPT HSK 6
to force (sb to do sth), press for, compel, extort

Left: movement , right: barrel of wine
(If they're not well tied-up on the boat) A movement of the wine barrels can be pressing/forcing.  
JLPT HSK 6
to conceal, to cover up (a shortcoming), to screen off
zhē
广 廿
Left: movement , right: commonly, ordinary 庶 (A building 广 with various objects 廿 is in fire which commonly can happen.)
(In a magic trick you make inconspicuous movements) With an ordinary movement you can conceal/hide something.  
JLPT HSK 6
encounter, to meet by chance, to come across
féng
Left: movement , right: pointed, sharp (sitting cross-legged on top of growing plant )
(cf. 'bee' 蜂 = insect on peak of flower) The movements of a bee 蜂, [= from blossom to blossom] mean: to encounter.  
JLPT HSK 6
arrest, catch, seize, until
dǎi, dài
Left: movement , right: servant (Hand , and an animal [e.g. cat] with a tail and four extremities/limbs spreading away from the body)
The hand seizes the tail of that animal in one movement, when it has caught it. (and the animal will hiss 啸)  
JLPT HSK 6
to change (a location), move, promote
qiān
Left: movement , right: one thousand
(Habits can hardly be discarded) Only by thousand-fold movements you can change.  
JLPT HSK 6
riddle, enigma, puzzle

Left: word /, right: to astray, bewilder 迷 (Who moves 辶 [from a center] into eight directions is astrayed and perplex.)
The words are astraying in a riddle.  
JLPT HSK 6
to suffer, to sustain (misfortune, loss), incident
zāo
Left: movement , right: class/group (The seedlings from the field are tied-up and put into baskets for: classification.)
(The clothes rub:) With the movement of the same kind one has to suffer it.  
JLPT HSK 6
scold, punishment, reprimand
qiǎn
Left: word /, right: dispatch, send 遣 (Move in the middle one buttocks , I want to dispatch him.)
Words are "dispatched", when scolding.  
JLPT HSK 6
as yet, until now, to date

Left: movement , right: to beg (There lies a disadvantaged [from the second = class of society] and begs. [ = lying person ]
The movements of the beggars refer to the: "until now" or the "as yet".  
JLPT HSK 6
to abdicate, modest, unpretentious, inferior to
xùn
Left: movement , right: grandson 孙 (The child who is the smallest is the grandson.)
(Reached the age limit:) The movement, when the grandson comes is to abdicate modestly.  
JLPT HSK 6
take a step
mài
Left: movement , right: 10-thousand (swastika, Hindu symbol for the 10.000 divinities)
Even if you want a 10-thousand-fold movement, you have to take a (first) step.  
JLPT HSK 6
to suppress, to stop, check
è
Left: movement , right: interrogation (=The mouth with tongue enwraps the person in the corner at the interrogation.)
(Torture is meant) At an interrogation you use 'movements' to: suppress.  
JLPT HSK 6
distant, remote, far, far away
yáo
Left: movement , right: 䍃 (hand from above , can (lid and can opener of that can )
If it takes a movement to get from above to the can, it is distant.  
JLPT HSK 6
to burst forth, to spurt, to crack, split
bèng
Left: movement , right: combine (When coming out the gate of a buddh. temple you shall be united.)
A movement, that comes out of the Buddhist temple gate, is a bursting forth.  
JLPT HSK 6
tunnel, underground passage
suì
Left: hill , right: satisfy (out of , pig /豚, movement )
By the hill (= the excavation next to it) you see where the pig's movements made: a tunnel.  
JLPT no HSK
marrow (spinal or plant's stem), essence, pith
suǐ
Left: skeleton , right: 遀 (movement , part of lazy [I feel , that the left [half] of my body is lazy])
The skeleton has during movement sth. lazy: The marrow.  
JLPT no HSK
pedantic, inflexible, doctrinaire, longwinded

Left: movement , right: in, at, to, from, (= umbrella 伞, with a handle and keeps dry )
He has at all movements an umbrella with him. He is: pedantic.  
JLPT no HSK
alternately, repeatedly, iteration
dié
Left: movement , right: to lose (I emphasize the husband will lose.) [husband = big person with extra-caring arms ]
(Think of a pendulum:) Movement gets lost in alternations.  
JLPT no HSK
to inspire, give guidance, enlighten, instruct

Left: movement , right: reason (The sprout in the field has its reason.)
(Movements without a reason is a meaningless fooling-around. - But:) A movement with a reason, can inspire you.  
JLPT no HSK
(phonetic sound for Buddhist transliteration)
jiā
Left: movement , right: to add (For getting power your mouth needs sth. to be 'added' [= to eat])
In a movement of adding you use: jiā.  
JLPT no HSK
to show off, to flaunt, to boast
chěng
Left: movement , right: to submit/petition 呈 (With your mouth at the king to submit sth.)
With movements and the mouth (= much talking) at the king to show off.  
JLPT no HSK
to evade, to flee, hide, to conceal oneself
dùn
Left: movement , right: shield (A shield with 10 eyes as symbol for 'shield' and to contradiction.)
Who uses a shield at the movement, whats to evade (the fight) and flee.  
JLPT no HSK
to take off (clothes), to fade
tùn
退
Left: clothes 衤/, right: to retreat, decline 退 (The movement is not good if it is a retreat.)
Clothes are 'retreated', when they are: taken off.  
JLPT no HSK
to exceed, to go beyond, to transcend, to cross

Left: movement , right: to assent, approve (When the arrowhead gets into the body / to cut , I am assenting. [cf. arrow 箭])
An assenting movement is an exceeding (going beyond).  
JLPT no HSK
easy-going, to loiter, leisurely, to stroll, ramble
xiāo
Left: movement , right: alike, resemble (Small bodies are alike.)
If the movement is like 'small bodies', you are loitering easy-going.  
JLPT no HSK
to satisfy, to succeed, finally, to proceed
suì
Connection of: to chase 逐 (The pig /豚, moves , when it is chased.) and out of (here: a goal marked by two poles )
The chasing to the goal is a: "satisfying succeeding".  
JLPT no HSK
to escape, leisurely, outstanding

Left: movement , right: a rabbit 兔, cf. avoid, escape (an escaping rabbit: long ears , big eyes 罒, legs ) in addition: short tail
The movement of a rabbit when: escaping.  
JLPT no HSK
distant
jiǒng
Left: movement , right: 冋 (here: wall with a window )
When watching a movement out of a window, it appears to be distant.  
JLPT no HSK
beat, to strike
zhuā
Left: hand , right: to pass through 过 (A movement of the skillful hand and you passed through.)
A hand can pass through, if it beats.  
JLPT no HSK
clatter (of horses' hoofs)

Left: mouth , right: to attain, to reach 达 (Who wants sth. big and moves/endevors can attain.)
The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) when you reach something is: the hoof's clatter.  
JLPT no HSK
crossroads, thoroughfare
kuí
Left: movement , right: 坴 (2x earth , in the middle: two ways )
For the movement on two ways between twice 'earths' [hills?], there is: a crossing.  
JLPT no HSK
distant, long-lasting, to abandon
xiá
Left: movement , right: (free interpretation: mine) (In a hole with a ladder 'E' you have the tool コ in your hand .)
In a mine the movements are in distance.  
JLPT no HSK
remote
tiáo
Left: movement , right: to call together (... with the sword and the mouth )
When calling sb. you shall move, if that one is remote.  
JLPT no HSK
fast, hurry, suddenly

Left: movement , right: wild boar 豦 (Like a tiger /虎 is this pig )
The movements of the wild boar are fast.  
JLPT no HSK
profound, mysterious, deep, detailed, distant
suì
Left: movement , right: hole (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave) and 㒸 (horned pig )
The movement into the hole to the horned pig is profound but mysterious.  

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