xùn

quick

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
辶 meaning component

  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

卂 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

xùn

  

to fly rapidly

Evolution

迅 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
迅 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
迅 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

xùn

quick, hasty, rapid, sudden; rapid; fast

Most common words with 迅
Freq.
Word
Meaning

迅速

rapid

迅猛

quick and violent

rapid

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