gòu

to meet

Phonosemantic component. hints at the meaning and hints at the sound.

Components
辶 meaning component

  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

walk

冓 sound component

  Sound component

gòu

  

a secluded place

Evolution

遘 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
遘 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
遘 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
遘 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
遘 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

gòu

to meet; to come across; meet unexpectedly