逓

See also: 遞

Translingual

Traditional	遞
Shinjitai	逓
Simplified	递

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 遞 (虒 → 乕).

Han character

逓 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+7, 11 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 10 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 卜竹手月 (YHQB), composition ⿺辶乕)

1. hand over, deliver
2. substitute

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1257, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38881
• Dae Jaweon: page 1743, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3843, character 3
• Unihan data for U+9013

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 逓 – see 遞 (“to take turns; to do something in turns; to alternate; to substitute; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 遞).

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Japanese

Shinjitai	逓
Kyūjitai	遞

Kanji

逓

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 遞)

1. relay
2. in turn
3. sending

Readings

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

Compounds

Derived terms

• 逓信(ていしん) (teishin): communications