Understanding Chinese radicals is a very important part of learning chinese characters. Radicals give you a huge clue as to the meaning of a character.

A common radical is chuo (4) 辶

It represents 'go' or 'walking'. As you can see from the pictograph, it sort of looks like a foot and leg.

Let's have a look at some characters that you'll come across in daily life that use this radical as a component:

过
guo(4). This means to pass, go by, exceed.


送
song(4). This means to see somebody off, deliver, give.


道
dao(4). This means way, path, say.


进
jin(4). This means enter, go forward.


运
yun(4). This means transport。


达
da(2). This means reach, arrive.


远
yuan(4). This means far.