visit

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
言 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

曷 sound component

  Sound component

  

why? what? where?

Evolution

謁 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
謁 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
謁 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
謁 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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visit, pay respects to; to visit (a superior)

Most common words with 謁
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to visit (a superior)

拜谒

to pay a formal visit

谒陵

to pay homage at a mausoleum

参谒

to visit

叩谒

to visit (esp. one's superiors)

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*qat

'jot

go to visit


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3389th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Simplified

Unicode

U+8B01

Shuowen

“謁,白也。从言,曷聲。”


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