Chinese symbol for “lurch”
蹒跚
pán shān
Traditional: 蹣跚
to walk unsteadily; to stagger; to lurch; to hobble; to totter
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lurch is 蹒跚 (pán shān), defined as: to walk unsteadily; to stagger; to lurch; to hobble; to totter.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蹒跚.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 步履蹒跚 (步履蹣跚) | bù lǚ pán shān | (idiom) to walk unsteadily; to hobble along |
| 步态蹒跚 (步態蹣跚) | bù tài pán shān | to walk unsteadily |
| 蹒跚不前 (蹣跚不前) | pán shān bù qián | to falter; to stall |
| 盘跚 (盤跚) | pán shān | variant of 蹒跚 (pán shān) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lurch”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.