这
zhè · HSK 1
this
👉 辶 (walk) + 文 (script) — point to the path right here
这 combines the walking radical 辶 with 文 (script/marking). Historically a demonstrative — marking out a path or item right here. Modern use: this, these, now.
这 — walk radical 辶 + speech 言
这 is the simplified form of 這. The traditional character combines the walk/movement radical 辶 with 言 (speech), originally meaning 'to meet' or 'to encounter on the way.' Over time it shifted to function as the demonstrative 'this,' likely through phonetic borrowing in vernacular Chinese.