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qiǎn

Meanings

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qiǎn
  1. 1.(bound form) to dispatch; to send
  2. 2.(bound form) to drive away; to dispel

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to send; to dispatch
  2. 2.to exile
  3. 3.grave goods; sacrificial objects buried with the dead
  4. 4.ritual ceremony during a funeral

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Etymology

Originally 𠳋, an ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意) in the oracle bone script: two 又 (“hand”) in a configuration of commanding + 𠂤 (“army”) – “to send; to dispatch”. The 辵 component was later added in some bronze inscriptions, which is retained in the modern glyph. Usually identified as cognate to Tibetan སྐྱེལ (skyel, “send”) (Schuessler, 2007; Hill, 2019). They can be reconstructed to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sV-kjarl.

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Stroke order

Components

遣辶𠳋

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Derived terms

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Related words

派遣 to send (on a mission); to dispatch消遣 to while the time away遣使 to dispatch an envoy差遣 to send (on errand)遣返 to repatriate (e.g. prisoners of war)遣散 to disband遣闷 to dispel anguish遣送 to send away资遣 to dismiss with severance pay遣词 to choose one's words排遣 to divert oneself from (loneliness, grief etc)调遣 to dispatch