蹭 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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cèng

to shuffle

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 曾 represents the sound.

Components

足 Meaning component

zú, jù

foot

曾 Sound component

céng, zēng

already

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

cèng

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

Most common words with 蹭

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 3.3798% of movies

2676th most common character in movies

3707th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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