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Chinese symbol for “tiptoe”

趾尖
zhǐ jiān
tiptoe

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tiptoe is 趾尖 (zhǐ jiān), defined as: tiptoe.

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Characters and stroke order

趾 zhǐ
toe; tracks, footprints
radical 157 ⾜ · 11 strokes
尖 jiān
sharp, pointed, acute; keen, shrewd
radical 42 ⼩ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “tiptoe”

WordPinyinMeaning
蹑着脚 (躡著腳)niè zhe jiǎoto tiptoe

Related words

Other words that share a character with 趾尖.

WordPinyinMeaning
脚趾 (腳趾)jiǎo zhǐtoe
脚趾头 (腳趾頭)jiǎo zhǐ toutoe
趾高气扬 (趾高氣揚)zhǐ gāo qì yánghigh and mighty (idiom); arrogant
趾甲zhǐ jiǎtoenail
拇趾mǔ zhǐbig toe
三趾滨鹬 (三趾濱鷸)sān zhǐ bīn yù(bird species of China) sanderling (Calidris alba)
尖锐 (尖銳)jiān ruìsharp; intense
顶尖 (頂尖)dǐng jiānpeak; apex

See also: Japanese symbol for “tiptoe”.

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.