趑 — Chinese character
趑
zī
to falter; to be unable to move
- Pinyin
- zī
- Radical
- 156 ⾛ (Run)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 走 次
- Formation
- ideographic — Unable to put one foot 走 after the other 次; 次 also provides the pronunciation
Common words with 趑
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 趑趄 | zī jū | to advance with difficulty; to hesitate to advance |
| 趑趄不前 | zī jū bù qián | hesitant and not daring to move forward (idiom) |
| 趑趄嗫嚅 (趑趄囁嚅) | zī jū niè rú | faltering steps, mumbling speech (idiom); hesitant; cringing |
English words written with 趑
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.