Radical 辶

7 strokes

這

road 辶 (26a) + culture 文 (25) = this 这

If you look at 这, you will probably think of it as “road” plus “culture”, even though you write “culture” then “road”. For this reason we will give “road” first in equations.

这个 (19) zhègè this (one)

这儿 (21) zhèr here (spoken)

“Which road leads to the culture museum — this one, this one or this one?” / The dwarf looks up from his newspaper, and says grumpily, “Follow those Germans.”

This shape always encloses other characters or fragments, which nestle above the long “tail”.

Note that the zigzag shape above the long “tail” is all one stroke. “road” is always drawn last, after the character or fragment it encloses.