Example sentences

wǒ我sòng送nǐ你huí回qù去。

I'll walk you back.

tā他sòng送le了wǒ我fèn份lǐ礼。

He gave me a gift.

The story behind the character

送

送 is 辶, the walking radical, with a shape on the right built from two hands offering something up. Xu Shen defined it as 送, 遣也, "to send off." The picture underneath is somebody walking a guest out along the road. You don't just say goodbye at the door. You go with them part of the way.

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