Back to Hanzi
跎
tuó
to stumble, to falter, to vacillate
🔤 Pictophonetic:
足 (foot) provides meaning, 它 provides pronunciation
HSK
12 strokes
Uncommon (53%)
Practice Progress
No practice yet
🧩
Components
—
Attempts: 0
Last: —
✍️
Tracing
—
Attempts: 0
Last: —
🔸
Start Point
—
Attempts: 0
Last: —
🖊️
Freehand
—
Attempts: 0
Last: —
Start practicing to see your progress here. Practice this character →
Component Breakdown
Each color represents a different component
⿰足它
i
Stroke Order
Component Tree i
unknown
?
Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical
4 strokes
Words Using 跎 (4)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
蹉跎
↗
cuōtuó
wasted time / to take a wrong step in life
cuōtuó
蹉跎
↗
wasted time / to take a wrong step in life
年已蹉跎
↗
niányǐcuōtuó
the years slip away / fig. the inexorable passage of time / already too old
niányǐcuōtuó
年已蹉跎
↗
the years slip away / fig. the inexorable passage of time / already too old
日月蹉跎
↗
rìyuècuōtuó
days and months slip away / fig. the inexorable passage of time
rìyuècuōtuó
日月蹉跎
↗
days and months slip away / fig. the inexorable passage of time
跎
↗
tuó
to stumble / to waste time
tuó
跎
↗
to stumble / to waste time