徂 (cú): (classical) to go; to set out f…

Meanings

The Book of Songs line 自我徂尔 means "since I went to your home".

The Book of Songs line Zìwǒ cú ěr means "since I went to your home".

The Book of Songs line 自我徂尔 means "since I went to your home".

history

No standalone use in modern Chinese; a classical verb of motion, also in 岁徂 (the year passing). It is the step radical 彳 plus phonetic 且.

register

Archaic and literary only; encountered in the 诗经 and other old texts, not in speech.

radical

彳 chì

step; to walk

The step radical on the left, a pictograph of a stride and the left half of 行. It marks the word as a motion verb, the same family as 往 and 径.

phonetic

且 qiě

moreover; phonetic

The right side carries the sound, drifted to cú. The same phonetic gives the reading of 祖 and 组; here it lends pronunciation only.

徂 cú