跷
Tap the pinyin to hear it
to raise one's foot; to stand on tiptoe; stilts
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 足 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 蹺
- Common rank
- #3,191
- Unicode
- U+8DF7
Sound it out + + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 跷
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高跷鹬 | (bird species of China) stilt sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) | |
| 跷家 | to run away from home | |
| 高跷 | stilts; walking on stilts as component of folk dance | |
| 跷班 | see 翹班|翘班[qiao4 ban1] | |
| 踩高跷 | to walk on stilts | |
| 跷课 | to skip class | |
| 跷跷板 | see-saw | |
| 按跷 | (old) massage | |
| 蹊跷 | odd; queer; strange; fishy |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 尧 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尧 sound part | a legendary ancient emperor-sage | |
| 烧 | to burn, to bake; to heat, to roast | |
| 绕 | to entwine, to wind around; to orbit, to revolve | |
| 饶 | abundant, bountiful | |
| 翘 | outstanding; to elevate, to lift, to raise | |
| 晓 | dawn; clear, explicit, known | |
| 挠 | to yield; to scratch, to disturb | |
| 浇 | to spray, to sprinkle, to water | |
| 侥 | to be lucky; by chance, by luck | |
| 桡 | radius, forearm; a bent or twisted piece of wood | |
| 蛲 | parasitic worm; human pinworm | |
| 骁 | valiant, brave; skilled; a noble steed | |
| 娆 | graceful, charming, fascinating | |
| 荛 | fuel, firewood; grass, shrub; Wikstroemia japonica | |
| 哓 | garrulous; disturbed; restless | |
| 硗 | barren land; sandy soil | |
| 铙 | cymbals, hand-bell; to disturb |