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Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
辵 止 ⿸⿱䒑⺼⺉
Mandarin
qian2, jian3
English
Definitions
before; front; former; in front; ago; earlier; previous; formerly; beforehand; forward; in front of; preceding
Mnemonic
Where a boat 辵 stops 止
Etymology
Notes
Was originally to go 辵 like a boat 舟; only 止 remains of 辵 in the seal version; the 2 lines on the right are probably a remnant of 亍 (originally part of 辵)