zhī

creeping

Components
足 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

foot

foot

支 sound component

  Sound component

zhī

  

support, hold up

Evolution

跂 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
跂 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

creeping, crawling; sixth (extra) toe; to crawl

 

foot

 

to climb; to hope

 

to stand on tiptoe; to sit with feet hanging

 

zhī

see 踶跂[dì​zhī]

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

7621st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+8DC2

Shuowen

“跂,足多指也。从足,支聲。”


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