The Chinese Radical: 辶

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Meaning
movement    辶

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

Used in these characters:
这
HSK 1
 this, these, present, now
zhè, zhèi
 辶 文
Left: movement 辶, right: text/language 文 (Image of a folding table for writing a text.)
In languages you have movements (= changes): Also in this.
运
HSK 2
 to move, transport, use, luck, fate
yùn
 辶 云
Left: movement 辶, right: cloud 云 (It can drip from both 二, namely from noses 厶 or: clouds)
The movement of clouds stands for: movements and transport.
近
HSK 2
 close to, near, approximately
jìn
 辶 斤
Left: movement 辶; right: axe 斤 (image of an axe)
What the axe reaches in its movement, is close.
远
HSK 2
 far, distant, remote
yuǎn
 辶 元
Left: movement 辶, right: Yuan/money, origin 元 (=two 二 legs 儿)
The movement [circulation] of the Yuan reaches the far distant.
过
HSK 2
 to pass through, to go across, (experienced action marker)
guò
 辶 寸
Left: movement 辶, right: skillful hand 寸
A movement of the skillful hand and you have passed through.
送
HSK 2
 to deliver, send, carry, give (as a present)
sòng
 辶 关 丷
Left: movement 辶, right: to close 关 (The mountain pass 丷 in the sky 天 is closed.)
Down out of 丷 heaven 天 with a movement this was delivered.
道
HSK 2
 way, road, principle, truth, Taoism
dào
 辶 首
Left: movement 辶, right: head/chief 首 (eye 目 with emphasized eyebrow 首 as: chief)
The movement of the chief determines the way.
还
HSK 2
 still in progress, even more, also
hái, huán
 辶 不
Left: movement 辶, right: not 不 (Four strokes are not enough!)
(Laziness at work) Not moving? - I am still in progress!
边
HSK 2
 side, edge, margin, border, simultaneously
biān
 辶 力
Left: movement 辶, right: power 力
When sb. moves (pushes) with force, it's best to step aside.
进
HSK 2
 to advance, to enter, to come (or go) into
jìn
 辶 井
Left: movement 辶, right: a well 井 - (simplified from 進, which showed the forward movement of a bird 隹.) Here: See 井 as railway tracks 丿丨 which are connected by railway sleepers 二
Move along the rails to advance.
遇
HSK 3
 to meet, to encounter, opportunity, chance
yù
 辶 禺 禸
Left: movement 辶, right: scorpion 禺 (image of a scorpion: combination of a carapace 田 of the insect 虫 with long legs 冂)
(A mating/courtship ritual?) Movements of a scorpion with the opportunity to meet someone. (And then they 亻,禺 became accidentally a pair 偶.)
迎
HSK 3
 to greet, welcome, to meet, to face
yíng
 辶 卬 卯
Left: movement 辶, right: 卬 ([at the left] an odd person 人 bowing down 卩 deeply [at the right])
The movement of an odd person bowing down deeply is a: Greeting.
腿
HSK 3
 leg, lower extremities
tuǐ
 肉 退 辶 艮
Left: body part 月/肉, right: retreat 退 (The movement 辶 is not good 艮 if it is a retreat.)
The part of the body that can be retreated is the leg.
迟
HSK 3
 late, delayed, slow
chí
 辶 尺
Left: movement 辶, right: Chinese foot 尺 (30.3 cm) = a person 尸 [with belly 口] 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.
选
HSK 3
 to choose, to pick, to select, to elect
xuǎn
 辶 先
Left: movement 辶, right: first, in advance 先 (A cow 牛 with only two legs 儿 walks preceding.)
Who moves (fast), is the first to choose.
随
HSK 4
 to follow, to comply with, to allow
suí
 阝 辶 有
Left: hill 阝, right: 迶 (movement 辶, have/exist 有 [I have hand and body 月])
(For hunters: Animals prefer to live in the valleys) Between the hills are existing movements: Follow them!
遍
HSK 4
 everywhere, all over, classifier for actions: one time
biàn
 辶 扁 戶 冊
Left: movement 辶, right: flat 扁 (door 戸 with writing tablet 冊 as: "door plate")
(They often hang on strings) Moveable door plates are everywhere.
连
HSK 4
 to link, join, connect, continuously, including
lián
 辶 连 车
Left: movement 辶, right: vehicle 车 (=車 cart with axle丨 load-area 日 and two wheels 二)
Vehicles and 'movement' are linked.
迷
HSK 4
 confused, bewilder, crazy about, enthusiast
mí
 辶 米
Left: movement 辶, right: rice 米 (Here: From a central point it radiates into eight directions.)
Who moves in eight directions is confused and bewildered.
速
HSK 4
 fast, rapid, quick, velocity
sù
 辶 束
Left: movement 辶, right: bundle 束 (Plants 木/禾 like sheafs of rice (cf.兼), which are bound with a ribbon 口 as a bundle)
If you bundle it, the movement (= transport) is faster.
适
HSK 4
 suitable, to fit proper, comfortable
shì
 辶 舌
Left: movement 辶, right: tongue 舌 (Thousand 千 mouths 口 with tongues) (适 is the simplification of 適, which shows the "old emperor" = combination of old 古 and emperor 帝)
I emphasize ノ, the old 古 moves suitable / proper.
邀
HSK 4
 to invite, to request, to intercept, to solicit or seek
yāo
 辶 敫 白 放 方
Left: movement 辶, right: 敫 (white 白, release, let loose 放 (In his side 方 he was striked 攵, until he released) cf.敫
The movement with which I hold the white stick in my hand in a direction, is an invitation.
通
HSK 4
 to connect, to go through, communicate, to clear, open
tōng
 辶 甬
Left: movement 辶, right: 甬 (bent person マ, use/usage 用) [用 = A fence 用 can be used]
(Old people stay fit to keep up in our society) Bent persons need movement to stay connected.
逛
HSK 4
 to stroll, to roam, to visit
guàng
 辶 犭 王
Left: movement 辶, right: mad/wild 狂 (The wild animal 犭of the king 王 is mad.)
The movement is mad, when the wild animal with the king is strolling or roaming.
违
HSK 5
 to disobey, to violate, to separate, to go against
wéi
 辶 韦
Left: movement 辶, right: leather 韦 (Two layers 二 are separated with special sword 刀 to make leather.)
(Cutting is destructive:) If two parts 二 are cut apart with the movement 辶 of the sword 刀 is disobedient.
遗
HSK 5
 to lose, to leave behind, to omit, to bequeath
yí
 辶 员
Left: movement 辶, right: 貴 (member 员 and twice crossed out as 'no more')
The movement when you are 'no-more' a member, is a: losing or been left behind.
退
HSK 5
 to retreat, to decline, to move back, to withdraw
tuì
 退 辶 艮
Left: movement 辶, right: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')
The movement is not good if it is a retreat.
返
HSK 5
 to return (to)
fǎn
 辶 反
Left: movement 辶, right: against/opposition 反 (Climbing the cliff 厂 by hand 又? I am opposing)
A movement into the opposite means to return.
达
HSK 5
 to attain, to reach, to amount to, eminent
dá
 辶 大
Left: movement 辶 (here: endeavor). right: big 大
Who wants sth. big and endeavors can attain it.
逐
HSK 5
 to chase, to pursue, gradually, one by one
zhú
 辶 豕
Left: movement 辶, right: pig 豕 (cf.豚)
The pig moves when it is pursued or chased.
递
HSK 5
 to hand over, transmit, deliver, progressively
dì
 辶 弟
Left: movement 辶, right: younger brother 弟 (A feathered 丷 arrow λ from the bow 弓 of my younger brother.)
(The young typically had to do the delivery work:) My younger brother's movement is handing over or delivering.
逻
HSK 5
 patrol, logic
luó
 辶 罗 网
Left: movement 辶, right: to sift 罗 (With the net 罒 we sifted until evening 夕.)
The eye 罒 moves in the evening 夕 at a patrol, (where it is best to proceed logically).
遵
HSK 5
 to obey, comply with, to observe, to follow
zūn
 辶 尊 酉 寸
Left: movement 辶, right: honorific 尊 (When sth. comes out 丷 of a wine mug 酉 by a skillful hand 寸, it's seen to be: honorific.)
A honorific movement is obedient.
避
HSK 5
 to avoid, to shun, to flee, to escape
bì
 辶 辟 尸
Left: movement 辶, right: anal penetration, torture 辟 (buttock from the side 尸, anus 口 and a needle 辛 as symbol for penetration or torture)
Movements during anal penetration should be avoided.
追
HSK 5
 to chase after, pursue, to seek, to recall
zhuī
 辶
Left: movement 辶, right: a pair of buttocks (both cheeks)
(I see him from behind:) his buttocks in its movement when I chase or follow him.
逃
HSK 5
 to escape, to run away, to flee
táo
 辶 兆
Left: movement 辶, right: sign/omen 兆 (Here: as an image of radiating outwardly from a center in all directions)
Movements in all different directions is a sign of escape.
迫
HSK 5
 to force, pressing, to compel, urgent
pò
 辶 白
Left: movement 辶, right: white 白 (sun 日 with a ray 丶 as sunshine)
(I want into the shade) The white sunshine urges my movement with force.
造
HSK 5
 to manufacture, to build, to invent
zào
 辶 告
Left: movement 辶, right: announce, proclaim 告 (cow 牛 opens mouth 口)
The movements announce that something shall be manufactured.
透
HSK 5
 to penetrate, to pass through, soak, thoroughly
tòu
 辶 秀 禾 乃
Left: movement 辶, right: excellent 秀 (Grain plants 禾 big as a plump pregnancy belly 乃: excellent!)
This movement was excellent and penetrating.
途
HSK 5
 road, way, route
tú
 辶 余
Left: movement 辶, right: excess/rest 余 (A heap is still on the altar 示 [= to show], thus in excess.)
(Too much traffic) Movement is in excess on the roads and ways.
迅
HSK 5
 rapid, speedy, fast
xùn
 辶 飛
Left: movement 辶, right: 卂 (ten 十, var. of crane (cf. 飛)
The movement of the ten cranes is rapid.
迹
HSK 5
 trace, sign, mark, footprint, vestige, indication
jī
 辶 亦 赤
Left: movement 辶, right: also, namely 亦 (To see this variation 亦 as red 赤, you can also do.) [red 赤: When earth (clay) 土 is burned 灬, the pottery becomes red 赤]
The movement of the 'reddish' (e.g. a pen) leaves a trace.
述
HSK 5
 to narrate, to state, to tell, formulate
shù
 辶 木
Left: movement 辶, right: skill, method 术 (To hang something 丶 up in a tree 木, you need skills)
About the movements of the marked tree it has been narrated.
逗
HSK 5
 to tease (play with), to stay, to pause
dòu
 辶 豆
Left: movement 辶, right: bean 豆
"His movements are like that of a bean", that's how you can tease.
糙
HSK 5
 coarse (in texture), rough
cāo
 米 辶 告
Left: rice 米, right: to manufacture, build, construct 造 (The movement 辶 announces 告 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.
遣
HSK 6
 to dispatch, send
qiǎn
 辶 中
Left: movement 辶, right from top: center 中, one 一, buttocks
Move one buttock from the center, I want to dispatch him.
逆
HSK 6
 contrary, opposite, to go against, rebel
nì
 辶 屰 屮
Left: movement 辶, right: disobedient 屰 (A plant's 艹 shoot 屮 that grows crooked is disobedient.)
A movement, that is 'disobedient' is contrary.
巡
HSK 6
 to patrol, to make one's rounds
xún
 辶 巛
Left: movement 辶, right: wild river 巛 (var. of river 川, here: badge of rank of US-army sergeants)
The movement of US-sergeants is to patrol.
辽
HSK 6
 distantly apart, far away
liáo
 辶 了
Left: movement 辶, right: perfect suffix, to accomplish 了 (The still arm-less 了 child 子 should be completed.)
Since his movement was in perfect tense, he is in far distance.
逝
HSK 6
 (of time) to pass, to die
shì
 辶 折
Left: movement 辶, right: break 折 (A hand 扌 with an axe 斤 breaks or causes a loss)
The movement breaks when the time passes on.
逼
HSK 6
 to force (sb to do sth), press for, compel, extort
bī
 辶 畐
Left: movement 辶, right: barrel of wine 畐
(If they're not well tied-up on the boat) A movement of the wine barrels can be pressing/forcing.
遮
HSK 6
 to conceal, to cover up (a shortcoming), to screen off
zhē
 辶 广 廿 灬
Left: movement 辶, right: commonly, ordinary 庶 (A building 广 with various objects 廿 is in fire 灬 which commonly can happen.)
(In a magic trick you make inconspicuous movements) With an ordinary movement you can conceal/hide something.
逢
HSK 6
 encounter, to meet by chance, to come across
féng
 辶 逢 夆
Left: movement 辶, right: pointed, sharp 夆 (sitting cross-legged 夂 on top of growing plant 丰)
(cf. 'bee' 蜂 = insect on peak of flower) The movements of a bee 蜂, [= from blossom to blossom] mean: to encounter.
逮
HSK 6
 arrest, catch, seize, until
dǎi, dài
 辶 隶
Left: movement 辶, right: servant 隶 (Hand , and an animal [e.g. cat] with a tail 丨 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)
迁
HSK 6
 to change (a location), move, promote
qiān
 辶 千
Left: movement 辶, right: one thousand 千
(Habits can hardly be discarded) Only by thousand-fold movements you can change.
谜
HSK 6
 riddle, enigma, puzzle
mí
 讠 辶 米
Left: word 讠/言, right: to astray, bewilder 迷 (Who moves 辶 [from a center] into eight 米 directions is astrayed and perplex.)
The words are astraying in a riddle.
遭
HSK 6
 to suffer, to sustain (misfortune, loss), incident
zāo
 辶 曹
Left: movement 辶, right: class/group 曹 (The seedlings 由 from the field 田 are tied-up 一 and put into baskets 日 for: classification.)
(The clothes rub:) With the movement of the same kind one has to suffer it.
谴
HSK 6
 scold, punishment, reprimand
qiǎn
 讠 辶
Left: word 讠/言, right: dispatch, send 遣 (Move 辶 in the middle 中 one 一 buttocks , I want to dispatch him.)
Words are "dispatched", when scolding.
迄
HSK 6
 as yet, until now, to date
qì
 辶 乞
Left: movement 辶, right: to beg 乞 (There lies a disadvantaged [from the second 乙=二 class of society] and begs. [ = lying person 人]
The movements of the beggars refer to the: "until now" or the "as yet".
逊
HSK 6
 to abdicate, modest, unpretentious, inferior to
xùn
 辶 子 小
Left: movement 辶, right: grandson 孙 (The child 子 who is the smallest 小 is the grandson.)
(Reached the age limit:) The movement, when the grandson comes is to abdicate modestly.
迈
HSK 6
 take a step
mài
 辶 万
Left: movement 辶, right: 10-thousand 万 (swastika, Hindu symbol for the 10.000 divinities)
Even if you want a 10-thousand-fold movement, you have to take a (first) step.
遏
HSK 6
 to suppress, to stop, check
è
 辶 曷
Left: movement 辶, right: interrogation 曷 (=The mouth with tongue 日 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner at the interrogation.)
(Torture is meant) At an interrogation you use 'movements' to: suppress.
遥
HSK 6
 distant, remote, far, far away
yáo
 辶 爫 缶
Left: movement 辶, right: 䍃 (hand from above 爫, can 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵)
If it takes a movement to get from above to the can, it is distant.
迸
HSK 6
 to burst forth, to spurt, to crack, split
bèng
 辶 并
Left: movement 辶, right: combine 并 (When coming out 丷 the gate 开 of a buddh. temple you shall be united.)
A movement, that comes out of the Buddhist temple gate, is a bursting forth.
隧
HSK 6
 tunnel, underground passage
suì
 阝 辶 豕
Left: hill 阝, right: satisfy 遂 (out of 丷, pig 豕/豚, movement 辶)
By the hill (= the excavation 丷 next to it) you see where the pig's movements made: a tunnel.
髓
no HSK
 marrow (spinal or plant's stem), essence, pith
suǐ
 骨 惰 辶 左 月
Left: skeleton 骨, right: 遀 (movement 辶, part of lazy 惰 [I feel 忄, that the left 左 [half] of my body 月 is lazy])
The skeleton has during movement sth. lazy: The marrow.
迂
no HSK
 pedantic, inflexible, doctrinaire, longwinded
yū
 辶 于
Left: movement 辶, right: in, at, to, from, 于 (= umbrella 伞, with a handle 亅 and keeps dry 干)
He has at all movements an umbrella with him. He is: pedantic.
迭
no HSK
 alternately, repeatedly, iteration
dié
 辶 失
Left: movement 辶, right: to lose 失 (I emphasize ノ the husband 夫 will lose.) [husband 夫 = big 大 person with extra-caring arms 一]
(Think of a pendulum:) Movement gets lost in alternations.
迪
no HSK
 to inspire, give guidance, enlighten, instruct
dí
 辶 由
Left: movement 辶, right: reason 由 (The sprout 丨 in the field 田 has its reason.)
(Movements without a reason is a meaningless fooling-around. - But:) A movement with a reason, can inspire you.
迦
no HSK
 (phonetic sound for Buddhist transliteration)
jiā
 辶 加
Left: movement 辶, right: to add 加 (For getting power 力 your mouth 口 needs sth. to be 'added' [= to eat])
In a movement of adding you use: jiā.
逞
no HSK
 to show off, to flaunt, to boast
chěng
 辶 口 王
Left: movement 辶, right: to submit/petition 呈 (With your mouth 口 at the king 王 to submit sth.)
With movements and the mouth (= much talking) at the king to show off.
遁
no HSK
 to evade, to flee, hide, to conceal oneself
dùn
 辶 盾 厂 十 目
Left: movement 辶, right: shield 盾 (A shield 厂 with 10 十 eyes 目 as symbol for 'shield' and to contradiction.)
Who uses a shield at the movement, whats to evade (the fight) and flee.
褪
no HSK
 to take off (clothes), to fade
tùn
 衣 退 辶 艮
Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: to retreat, decline 退 (The movement 辶 is not good 艮 if it is a retreat.)
Clothes are 'retreated', when they are: taken off.
逾
no HSK
 to exceed, to go beyond, to transcend, to cross
yú
 辶 俞
Left: movement 辶, right: to assent, approve 俞 (When the arrowhead gets into the body 月/肉 to cut 刂, I am assenting. [cf. arrow 箭])
An assenting movement is an exceeding (going beyond).
逍
no HSK
 easy-going, to loiter, leisurely, to stroll, ramble
xiāo
 辶 肖
Left: movement 辶, right: alike, resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.)
If the movement is like 'small bodies', you are loitering easy-going.
遂
no HSK
 to satisfy, to succeed, finally, to proceed
suì
 辶 豕
Connection of: to chase 逐 (The pig 豕/豚, moves 辶, when it is chased.) and out of 丷 (here: a goal marked by two poles 丷)
The chasing to the goal 丷 is a: "satisfying succeeding".
逸
no HSK
 to escape, leisurely, outstanding
yì
 辶 免
Left: movement 辶, right: a rabbit 兔, cf. avoid, escape 免 (an escaping rabbit: long ears ⺈, big eyes 罒, legs 儿) in addition: short tail 丶
The movement of a rabbit when: escaping.
迥
no HSK
 distant
jiǒng
 辶 冂 口
Left: movement 辶, right: 冋 (here: wall 冂 with a window 口)
When watching a movement out of a window, it appears to be distant.
挝
no HSK
 beat, to strike
zhuā
 扌 辶 寸
Left: hand 扌, right: to pass through 过 (A movement 辶 of the skillful hand 寸 and you passed through.)
A hand can pass through, if it beats.
哒
no HSK
 clatter (of horses' hoofs)
dā
 口 辶 大
Left: mouth 口, right: to attain, to reach 达 (Who wants sth. big 大 and moves/endevors 辶 can attain.)
The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) when you reach something is: the hoof's clatter.
逵
no HSK
 crossroads, thoroughfare
kuí
 辶 土 八
Left: movement 辶, right: 坴 (2x earth 土, in the middle: two ways 八)
For the movement on two ways between twice 'earths' [hills?], there is: a crossing.
遐
no HSK
 distant, long-lasting, to abandon
xiá
 辶 叚
Left: movement 辶, right: (free interpretation: mine) 叚 (In a hole 口 with a ladder 'E' you have the tool コ in your hand 又.)
In a mine the movements are in distance.
迢
no HSK
 remote
tiáo
 辶 召
Left: movement 辶, right: to call together 召 (... with the sword 刀 and the mouth 口)
When calling sb. you shall move, if that one is remote.
遽
no HSK
 fast, hurry, suddenly
jù
 辶 虍 豕
Left: movement 辶, right: wild boar 豦 (Like a tiger 虍/虎 is this pig 豕)
The movements of the wild boar are fast.
邃
no HSK
 profound, mysterious, deep, detailed, distant
suì
 辶 穴 豕
Left: movement 辶, right: hole 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave) and 㒸 (horned 丷 pig 豕)
The movement into the hole to the horned pig is profound but mysterious.

Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning.
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