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遄 is a phono-semantic compound combining the movement radical 辶 on the outside with the phonetic component 耑 inside. The radical 辶 indicates an action of walking, traveling, or progressing along a path, and the character means to hurry, move swiftly, or travel rapidly back and forth. The inner component 耑 originally depicted the roots or beginning of a plant, but here it functions solely as a phonetic loan, lending the motion a sense of speed and urgency.
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