cuō

error

A footstep  in error  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
foot
SoundMeaning component
chà, chā, chāi to differ

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰlaːl
Unicodetsɑ

說文解字

蹉跎,失時也。从足差聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica