踵
zhǒng

heel

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 重 represents the sound.

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
重
重 Sound component
zhòng, chóng heavy

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtjoŋʔ

說文解字

追也。从足重聲。一曰往來皃。

Sources

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