郊游

jiāo yoú · HSK 7

to go for an outing

🏞️🥾 郊 = outskirts + 游 = roam: roaming the outskirts of town is an outing

游 — water radical 氵 + 斿 (banner/streamer)
游 combines the water radical 氵 with 斿, which depicts a banner streaming in the wind. The original sense was a flag fluttering or floating, extended to drifting on water, swimming, and wandering. Today it commonly means to swim, travel, or roam.

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