路程
lùchéng · HSK 7
distance travelled
🛣️ 路程 = 路 road + 程 stage/distance = the road's distance covered
路 is road; 程 means a measured stage or schedule (as in 工程, 课程). Together they mark how much road has been covered — the distance of a journey.
路 — foot 足 + each 各 (phonetic)
路 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The foot radical 足 on the left signals meaning related to walking or travel, while 各 on the right hints at the ancient pronunciation. Originally referring to a road traveled on foot, it broadened to mean 'road, path, route' in general.