趿

tā
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to wear shoes with the heels trodden down; to shuffle along in slippers

Examples

HSK 4
Bié tā la zhe xié, hǎohǎo chuān shàng.
Don't shuffle with your shoes trodden down; put them on properly.
HSK 5
Tā tā la zhe tuōxié qù kāimén.
He shuffled out in his slippers to open the door.

Tips

usage
趿 almost always appears as 趿拉 - to shuffle around with the backs of your shoes crushed under your heels, like wearing them as slippers. It is colloquial and often a mild scolding.

Components

radical
足 zú
foot; leg
Left is the foot radical 足, a leg above a footprint. It marks the character as something done with the feet - here a dragging, heel-down way of walking.
phonetic
及 jí
to reach (phonetic)
Right is 及, here only for sound, giving the tā reading after a shift. The same phonetic appears in 吸 (to inhale) and 级 (level).

Stroke Order

趿 tā