蹭
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to rub against; to walk slowly; (coll.) to freeload
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 19
- Radical
- 足 +12
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 蹭
- Common rank
- #2,968
- Unicode
- U+8E6D
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 蹭
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蹭热度 | (coll.) (often derog.) to piggyback on (sb's) popularity; to exploit (sb's) popularity to … | |
| 蹭车 | (coll.) to ride in sb else's car to save money; to ride on a train or bus without buying a… | |
| 蹭网 | (coll.) to use sb else's Internet connection (with or without permission) | |
| 蹭吃 | to freeload for food | |
| 蹭饭 | (coll.) to mooch a meal | |
| 磨蹭 | to rub lightly; to move slowly; to dawdle; to dillydally; to pester; to nag | |
| 磨磨蹭蹭 | to dillydally; slow-going | |
| 蹭吃蹭喝 | to cadge a meal | |
| 蹭课 | (coll.) to sit in on a class | |
| 刮蹭 | (esp. of a vehicle) to scrape against; to sideswipe | |
| 蹭蹬 | (literary) to encounter setbacks; to have bad luck | |
| 剐蹭 | see 刮蹭[gua1 ceng4] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 曾 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 曾 sound part | already, formerly, once; the past | |
| 增 | to increase; to expand; to augment; to add | |
| 僧 | Buddhist priest, monk | |
| 赠 | to bestow, to confer, to present a gift | |
| 憎 | to abhor, to detest, to hate | |
| 噌 | to scold, to shout at | |
| 缯 | silk; to tie, to bind; surname | |
| 罾 | a large square net for catching fish | |
| 甑 | a boiler for steaming rice |