跌
diēdié HSK6

stumble

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approved by Peter Olson · Jun 28, 2021, 12:19 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Jun 28, 2021, 12:19 AM

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

Components

足
足 Meaning component
失
失 SoundMeaning component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdetlˤi[t] stumble

說文解字

《說文》:“跌,踼也。从足,失聲。一曰越也。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica