蹌
qiàngqiāng

walk rapidly

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

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
倉
倉 Sound component
cāng granary

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰaŋ

說文解字

動也。从足倉聲。

Sources

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

跄 qiāng, qiàng walk rapidly Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 仓 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蹌.

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
仓
仓 Sound component
cāng granary

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode