to kneel for a long time

Components
足 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

foot

foot

忌 sound component

  Sound component

  

jealous

Evolution

跽 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
跽 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
跽 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

to kneel for a long time, to go down on hands and knees; kneel