When the formation data identifies 夊 as semantic, the relevant character record states that role.
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Semantic role Phonetic role Radical classification
夊
Radical 35 of 214 · 3 strokes
Go slowly
suī
Unicode uses 夊 as a Kangxi radical category. Its reference meaning is Kangxi radical 35; go slowly. The relationship to an individual character may be semantic, historical, or primarily classificatory.
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Semantic–phonetic characters identify the component associated with historical pronunciation.
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复fùagain, repeatedly; copy, duplicate; to restore, to returnDetails+
pictographic formation
Formation: Pictograph of a foot going toward a house, representing the meaning "to return home".
- ◎Pictographic componentcharacterless component
- 夂Pictographic component(foot); stop
- Category radical
- 夊 go slowly
- Visual structure
- 亻 + 日 + 夂
HSK words with 复12 words in this course
夏xiàsummer; the Xia or Hsia dynastyDetails+
pictographic formation
Formation: Pictograph of a person, represented by their head (頁) and feet (夂), being heated underneath the sun (日). The sun component was later omitted for brevity during the Warring States period.
- 日Removed in simplifiedsun; day
- 頁Pictographic componentleaf; page; (head)
- 夂Pictographic component(foot); stop
- Category radical
- 夊 go slowly
- Visual structure
- 一 + 自 + 夂
HSK words with 夏2 words in this course
Classification: Unicode 17.0 kRSUnicode. Structure: Make Me a Hanzi. Formation: Dong Chinese Lexicon where available, with a documented Make Me a Hanzi fallback. Method and licenses.