遣

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(bound form) to dispatch; to send; (bound form) to drive away; to dispel

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

walk

Components 辶中一㠯

dispatch · Heisig RSH #2742

purse + maestro + road

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
调兵遣将	diào bīng qiǎn jiàng	to move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army; to send a team on a task
遣送出境	qiǎn sòng chū jìng	to deport
资遣费	zī qiǎn fèi	severance pay (Tw)
遣散费	qiǎn sàn fèi	severance pay
先遣队	xiān qiǎn duì	(military) advance party
遣词	qiǎn cí	to choose one's words; wording
调遣	diào qiǎn	to dispatch; to assign; a dispatch
资遣	zī qiǎn	to dismiss with severance pay; to pay sb off
遣散	qiǎn sàn	to disband; to dismiss; demobilization
差遣	chāi qiǎn	to send (on errand)
排遣	pái qiǎn	to divert oneself from (loneliness, grief etc); to dispel (negative thoughts etc)
消遣	xiāo qiǎn	to while the time away; amusement; pastime; recreation; to make sport of
派遣	pài qiǎn	to send (on a mission); to dispatch
编遣	biān qiǎn	to reorganize (troops etc) and discharge surplus personnel
遣送	qiǎn sòng	to send away; to deport; to repatriate
遣使	qiǎn shǐ	to dispatch an envoy
遣返	qiǎn fǎn	to repatriate (e.g. prisoners of war); to send back
遣闷	qiǎn mèn	to dispel anguish
娱遣	yú qiǎn	amusement

These characters use 遣 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
遣 sound part	qiǎn	to send, to dispatch; to exile, to send off
谴	qiǎn	to scold, to reprimand, to abuse
缱	qiǎn	attached, inseparable, in love; entangled