遣
(bound form) to dispatch; to send; (bound form) to drive away; to dispel
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,480 U+9063
How 遣 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
walk
How to remember it
dispatch · Heisig RSH #2742
purse + maestro + road
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 遣 as their sound component
These characters all use 遣 (qiǎn) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遣 sound component | qiǎn | to send, to dispatch; to exile, to send off |
| 谴 | qiǎn | to scold, to reprimand, to abuse |
| 缱 | qiǎn | attached, inseparable, in love; entangled |
Words containing 遣
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 调兵遣将 | diào bīng qiǎn jiàng | to move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army; to send a team on a task |
| 遣送出境 | qiǎn sòng chū jìng | to deport |
| 资遣费 | zī qiǎn fèi | severance pay (Tw) |
| 遣散费 | qiǎn sàn fèi | severance pay |
| 先遣队 | xiān qiǎn duì | (military) advance party |
| 遣词 | qiǎn cí | to choose one's words; wording |
| 调遣 | diào qiǎn | to dispatch; to assign; a dispatch |
| 资遣 | zī qiǎn | to dismiss with severance pay; to pay sb off |
| 遣散 | qiǎn sàn | to disband; to dismiss; demobilization |
| 差遣 | chāi qiǎn | to send (on errand) |
| 排遣 | pái qiǎn | to divert oneself from (loneliness, grief etc); to dispel (negative thoughts etc) |
| 消遣 | xiāo qiǎn | to while the time away; amusement; pastime; recreation; to make sport of |
| 派遣 | pài qiǎn | to send (on a mission); to dispatch |
| 编遣 | biān qiǎn | to reorganize (troops etc) and discharge surplus personnel |
| 遣送 | qiǎn sòng | to send away; to deport; to repatriate |
| 遣使 | qiǎn shǐ | to dispatch an envoy |
| 遣返 | qiǎn fǎn | to repatriate (e.g. prisoners of war); to send back |
| 遣闷 | qiǎn mèn | to dispel anguish |
| 娱遣 | yú qiǎn | amusement |