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躓

躓

See also: 踬

Translingual

Han character

躓 (radical 157 足+15, 22 strokes, cangjie input 口一竹中金 (RMHLC), four-corner 6218₆)

stumble, totter
fail, be frustrated

References

KangXi: page 1235, character 38

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37967

Dae Jaweon: page 1708, character 12

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3747, character 13

Unihan data for U+8E93

Chinese

trad.		躓
simp.		踬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (質) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
質	tids, tjid
躓	*tids
懫	tids, tjid
礩	tjids, tjid
櫍	*tjid
劕	*tjid
鑕	*tjid

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhì (zhi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄓˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhì
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
  - Wade-Giles: chih⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi³
  - Yale: ji
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³/

Middle Chinese: /ʈˠiɪ^H/▼

Rime
Character	躓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	陟利切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠiɪ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈᵚi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiɪ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈji^H/
Li Rong	/ȶji^H/
Wang Li	/ȶi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhì

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*tids/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	躓
Reading #	1/1
No.	17398
Phonetic component	質
Rime group	至
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	致
Old Chinese	/*tids/

Definitions

躓

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Compounds

困躓／困踬
跋前躓後／跋前踬后
跛躓／跛踬

躓礙／踬碍
躓踣／踬踣
躓頓／踬顿

頓躓／顿踬
顛躓／颠踬

Japanese

Kanji

躓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

stumble

Readings

Goon: ち (chi)
Kan’on: ち (chi)
Kun: つまず.く (躓く, tsumazu.ku)

Korean

Hanja

躓 • ‎(ji) (hangeul 지, revised ji, McCune-Reischauer chi, Yale ci)

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