迎

yíng

to welcome; to meet

to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties); to meet face to face

movement (辶) + [sound] (卬) = walking out to welcome

辶 carries the core meaning: moving along a path toward someone. 卬 mainly contributes the yíng sound and does not add semantic weight here.

辶+卬→迎

卬A phonetic component approximating the yíng soundPhonetic

辶WalkingSemantic

逢迎

féng yíng

to fawn on

不受欢迎

bù shòu huān yíng

unwelcome

出迎

chū yíng

to greet

受欢迎

shòu huān yíng

popular; well-received

失迎

shī yíng

failure to meet

夹道欢迎

jiā dào huān yíng

to line the streets in welcome

奉迎

fèng yíng

(honorific) to greet

布防迎战

bù fáng yíng zhàn

to prepare to meet the enemy head-on

爱彼迎

ài bǐ yíng

Airbnb

曲意逢迎

qū yì féng yíng

to bow down to everything sb says or does

有失远迎

yǒu shī yuǎn yíng

(polite) excuse me for not going out to meet you

欢迎

huān yíng

to welcome