chān

to walk slowly

A foot  strolling down the road 

Components
廴 meaning component

  Meaning component

yǐn

  

walk

止 meaning component

  Meaning component

zhǐ

  

(foot), stop

Evolution

㢟 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
㢟 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
㢟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
㢟 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

chān

to walk slowly; to stroll; to ramble