踮 (diǎn): to stand on tiptoe

Meanings

1 to stand on tiptoe
2 to raise oneself on the tips of one's toes

Characters

踮

diǎn

to stand on tiptoe

Examples

她踮起脚尖，努力看过人群。

Tā diǎn qǐ jiǎojiān, nǔlì kàn guò rénqún.

She stood on tiptoe, straining to see over the crowd.

孩子踮着脚想够到架子上的糖果。

Háizi diǎn zhe jiǎo xiǎng gòu dào jiàzi shàng de tángguǒ.

The child stood on tiptoe trying to reach the candy on the shelf.

Tips

memory

踮 has the foot radical 足 on the left and the character 店 (shop) on the right as a phonetic hint - imagine tiptoeing to peek into a shop window.

Components

radical

足 zú

foot

足 plants 踮 firmly in the foot family - standing on tiptoe is a foot action. Same radical in 跑, 跳, 踢, 跟. The full square form is used on the left.

phonetic

店 diàn

shop

店 supplies the sound, with a tone shift from diàn to diǎn. The 'shop' meaning has no role here - pure phonetic. Same -iǎn/iàn family includes 点 (point), 殿 (hall).

Stroke Order

踮 diǎn

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