this

is composed of the radical (walking) and (speech). represents walking, while means speaking. conveys the idea of stepping forward to greet an arriving person. Its original meaning is to welcome or receive, and later it came to be used to refer to nearby people or things.

Vocabulary of 這

  • 這天 (today)
  • 這裏 (here)
  • 這些 (these)

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