跄 (qiàng): (in 踉跄) to stagger; to sway fro…

Meanings

他向前踉跄了两步。

Tā xiàngqián liàngqiàng le liǎng bù.

He took a couple of staggering steps forward.

她踉踉跄跄，差点失去平衡。

Tā liàngliàngqiàngqiàng, chàdiǎn shīqù pínghéng.

She walked unsteadily, almost losing her balance.

usage

In modern Chinese 跄 is bound to the word 踉跄 (踉跄, 'to stagger') and never stands alone in this sense.

radical

足 zú

foot

足 is the foot radical (left-side form), grouping this character with walking and gait words — appropriate for an unsteady, swaying step.

phonetic

仓 cāng

storehouse; phonetic

仓 supplies the sound; the reading shifted to qiàng. It is the simplified form replacing the older phonetic 倉 in this character.

跄 qiàng