cuō

error

A footstep  in error  also provides the pronunciation

Components
足 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

foot

差 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

chàchāchāi

  

to differ

Evolution

蹉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蹉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

cuō

error, mistake, slip; failure; to error; to slip; to miss; to err

Most common words with 蹉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

蹉跎

(literary) to slip

to error

日月蹉跎

the years have slipped by