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躓

躓 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning

stumble

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. つまずく。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「足」+音符「質」。「つまずく」を意味する漢語｛躓｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • チ
Kun (native)
  • つまず(く)
Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese readings
  • 拼音zhi4
  • 한글ji
  • Hán-ViệtChí

Basics

Strokes
22 strokes
Radical
足(あし)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+8E93

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰𧾷質

Words using this kanji

  • 躓くつまずくto trip (over), to stumble, to fail, to suffer a setback足を物に突き当てる。 障害などにより事業が途中で失敗する。
  • 躓きつまずきstumbling, failure, misstep, setback躓くこと。失敗。

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Example sentences

  • 走れば躓く。

    Make haste slowly.

  • 家に上がる時、マットに躓いた。

    Entering the house, I tripped over the mat.

Sentences and translations come from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), shortest first.

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