cèng

to shuffle

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
足 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

foot

曾 sound component

  Sound component

céngzēng

  

already

Evolution

蹭 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蹭 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

cèng

to shuffle, procrastinate, dilly-dally; to rub against; to walk slowly; (coll.) to freeload

Most common words with 蹭
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to rub against

磨蹭

to rub lightly

磨磨蹭蹭

to dillydally