过guò
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Shuowen
The character 过 depicts a person moving past a place, combining the movement radical 辶 with the phonetic component 咼. In oracle bone script, it showed a figure with a foot element crossing over or beyond something, capturing the original meaning of passing by or going over. The 辶 radical emphasizes the action of motion, while the character evolved to mean passing through, crossing, or moving from one state to another.
Pinyin
guò· HSK 1