zī
can't move
Unable to put one foot 走 after the other 次; 次 also provides the pronunciation
Evolution
Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 趑
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to advance with difficulty | ||
hesitant and not daring to move forward (idiom) | ||
to falter |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
6413th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Unicode | U+8D91 |
Shuowen | “趑，趑趄，行不進也。从走，次聲。” |
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