遞

遞 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹卜山 (YHYU), four-corner 3230₁, composition ⿺辶虒)

• KangXi: page 1263, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39045
• Dae Jaweon: page 1757, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3872, character 8
• Unihan data for U+905E

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *l'eːʔ, *l'eːs) : semantic 辶 + phonetic 虒 (OC *sle).

遞

1. ^† to take turns; to do something in turns; to alternate; to substitute

   其遞相為君臣乎？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   其递相为君臣乎？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

   Qí dìxiāng wéi jūnchén hū? [Pinyin]

   Or do they take it in turns to be now ruler and now servants?

   四時遞來而卒歲兮。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   四时递来而卒岁兮。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

   Sìshí dì lái ér zú suì xī. [Pinyin]

   The seasons come in turns, making up the year.

2. to pass; to hand over; to deliver; to transmit

   請把鹽遞給我。／请把盐递给我。  ―  Qǐng bǎ yán dì gěi wǒ.  ―  Please pass me the salt.

   唔該幫我遞張紙畀阿Sir啊。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   唔该帮我递张纸畀阿Sir啊。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   m⁴ goi¹ bong¹ ngo⁵ dai⁶ zoeng¹ zi² bei² aa³ soe⁴ aa¹. [Jyutping]

   Pass this piece of paper to the teacher, please.

3. (literary, or in compounds) in succession; in order; successively; progressively
4. ^† posthouse; post carriage
5. (Cantonese) to lift; to raise

   遞起你嘅右手 [Cantonese, trad.]
   递起你嘅右手 [Cantonese, simp.]

   dai⁶ hei² nei⁵ ge³ jau⁶ sau² [Jyutping]

   raise your right hand

• (to deliver): 傳送／传送 (chuánsòng)

遞

1. ^† to surround; to twine; to twist around

遞

1. ^† Alternative form of 逝 (shì, “to pass”).

• “遞”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04177

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 逓)

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• On (unclassified): てい (tei)
• Kun: たがいに (tagaini), かわる (kawaru)

遞 (eumhun 갈마들 체 (galmadeul che))

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遞: Hán Nôm readings: đệ, đự, đư, đưa

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