躓

See also: 踬

躓 U+8E93, 躓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8E93 ← 躒 [U+8E92] CJK Unified Ideographs 躔 → [U+8E94]

Translingual

Han character

躓 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+15, 22 strokes, cangjie input 口一竹中金 (RMHLC), four-corner 6218₆, composition ⿰𧾷質)

1. stumble, totter
2. fail, be frustrated

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1235, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37967
• Dae Jaweon: page 1708, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3747, character 13
• Unihan data for U+8E93

Chinese

trad.		躓
simp.		踬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (質) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
質	*tids, *tjid
躓	*tids
懫	*tids, *tjid
礩	*tjids, *tjid
櫍	*tjid
劕	*tjid
鑕	*tjid

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhì (zhi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìh
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴
    • Yale: jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
    • Palladius: чжи (čži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi³
    • Yale: ji
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³/

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• Middle Chinese: trijH

Rime
Character	躓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	陟利切
Baxter	trijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠiɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈᵚiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈjiH/
Li Rong	/ȶjiH/
Wang Li	/ȶiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tids/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	躓
Reading #	1/1
No.	17398
Phonetic component	質
Rime group	至
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	致
Old Chinese	/*tids/

Definitions

躓

1. stumble, totter
2. fail, be frustrated

Compounds

• 困躓／困踬
• 跋前躓後／跋前踬后 (báqiánzhìhòu)
• 跛躓／跛踬
• 躓礙／踬碍
• 躓踣／踬踣
• 躓頓／踬顿
• 頓躓／顿踬
• 顛躓／颠踬

 

Japanese

Kanji

躓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. stumble

Readings

• Go-on: ち (chi)
• Kan-on: ち (chi)
• Kun: つまずく (tsumazuku, 躓く)

Korean

Hanja

躓 • (ji) (hangeul 지, revised ji, McCune–Reischauer chi, Yale ci)

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