Chinese symbol for “walking”
踥蹀
qiè dié
walking; in motion
The closest CC-CEDICT match for walking is 踥蹀 (qiè dié), defined as: walking; in motion.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 踥蹀.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 踥踥 | qiè qiè | moving back and forth |
| 大不列蹀 | dà bu liē diē | (dialect) full of oneself; too big for one's boots |
| 蹀血 | dié xuè | variant of 喋血 (dié xuè) |
| 蹀足 | dié zú | to stamp the feet (formal writing) |
| 蹀蹀 | dié dié | to walk in a mincing gait (formal writing) |
| 蹀躞 | dié xiè | to walk in small steps; to pace about |
See also: Japanese symbol for “walking”.
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.