踵
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to arrive; to follow; heel
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 足 +9
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 踵
- Common rank
- #3,463
- Unicode
- U+8E35
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Formation & memory
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Words with 踵
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 接踵而来 | to come one after the other | |
| 摩顶放踵 | to rub one's head and heels (idiom); to slave for the benefit of others; to wear oneself o… | |
| 祸不旋踵 | trouble is never far away (idiom) | |
| 摩肩接踵 | lit. rubbing shoulders and following in each other's footsteps; a thronging crowd | |
| 延颈企踵 | to stand on tiptoe and crane one's neck (idiom); fig. to yearn for sth | |
| 提踵 | to lift one's heels; to stand on tiptoe; (sports) to do a calf raise | |
| 接踵 | to follow on sb's heels | |
| 旋踵 | (literary) in an instant (lit. to turn on one's heel) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 重 — compare how they read.