Chinese symbol for “reel”
趔趄
liè qie
to stagger; to stumble; to reel; Taiwan pr. [lie4ju1]
The closest CC-CEDICT match for reel is 趔趄 (liè qie), defined as: to stagger; to stumble; to reel; Taiwan pr. [lie4ju1].
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 趔趄.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打趔趄 | dǎ liè qie | to trip; to miss a step |
| 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 |
| 趦趄嗫嚅 (趦趄囁嚅) | zī jū niè rú | faltering steps; mumbling speech |
See also: Japanese symbol for “reel”.
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.