輸送

ゆそう · yusou · JLPT N2 · noun

conveyance

🚚 輸 has the cart radical 車, and 送 means send: cart + send = transport

輸 carries the cart radical 車 and means carry across, as in 輸入 (import). 送 means send. Together they mean moving goods from one place to another.

送 — 辶 (walk) + 关 (simplified from 灷, fire/torch)
Originally depicted hands holding a torch to escort someone on a journey, combined with the 'walk' radical 辶. The right side 关 is a simplification of an older form showing fire being carried. The core meaning evolved from 'escort/see off' to the broader sense of 'send' or 'give as a gift.'

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