趑
zī

can't move

Unable to put one foot 走 after the other 次; 次 also provides the pronunciation

Components

走
走 Meaning component
zǒu walk
次
次 SoundMeaning component
cì second, next

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰli

說文解字

趑趄，行不進也。从走次聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)