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蹉
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slip

HSK 10
Human →Body →Limbs
cuō
サ
つまず.く
차
A footstep 足 in error 差; 差 also provides the pronunciation
Components
足 lower leg+ 差 fall short of =
蹉 slip
足 Meaning component
zú lower leg
foot
差 Meaning component
chà fall short of
to differ
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Notes
Similar Characters
趴 prostrate oneself趵 noise of tramping feet趸 sell or buy wholesale (simp)趺 sit趼 callous skin on趾 toe趿 slipshod跂 crawling跃 skip (simp)跄 walk rapidly (simp)跆 trample跋 go by foot跌 slump跎 stumble跏 sit cross-legged跐 to trample跑 run跖 foot (simp)跗 the instep跚 stagger
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
蹉
Regular
Modern
Chinese
蹉 [cuō]
to error; to slip; to miss; to err
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (3)
蹉跎 [cuō​tuó] #64,257
(literary) to slip
日月蹉跎 [rì​yuè​cuō​tuó] #73,680
the years have slipped by
年已蹉跎 [nián​yǐ​cuō​tuó]
the years have already gone by
JAPANESE WORDS (2)
蹉跌 [さてつ] #79,385
failure
蹉だ [さだ]
setback
KOREAN WORDS (1)
차질
problem; setback