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躄 — 20 strokes ／ Radical「足」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 20 strokes ／ Radical「足」
On
ヘキへき · heki
Kun
いざ.る・いざ.りiza.ru · iza.ri
Meaning
unable to walk

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Foot 足 with 辟 as phonetic: unable to stand, moving by crawling. The old reading is now avoided as discriminatory.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 歩行困難ほこうこんなん

    difficulty in walking, the term used today

  • 躄るいざる

    to shuffle along on the knees

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

今(いま)は歩行(ほこう)困難(こんなん)と言(い)い、躄(いざり)の語(ご)は避(さ)ける。

Today one says “difficulty in walking”; the old word is avoided.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

歩行困難歩行困難歩行困難歩行困難躄困to be…歩to wal…行to go難diffic…趺the fo…趾a toe跂to sta…跏the lo…跚to sta…辟to jud…劈to spl…擘to spl…甓a pavi…襞a plea…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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