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The character 迨 is structured with the movement radical 辶 and the phonetic component 台, which guides its pronunciation. In classical Chinese, this character originally denoted the action of reaching or arriving at a physical destination. Over time, its meaning shifted from expressing spatial attainment to indicating temporal relations, specifically conveying "until" or "by the time" in literary usage. This semantic evolution from a spatial to a temporal sense is consistent with the directional implication of the 辶 radical, while the 台 component has maintained its phonetic role throughout the character's history.