趿

verb

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 3
Bié tā la zhe xié, hǎohǎo chuān shàng.
Don't shuffle with your shoes trodden down; put them on properly.
HSK 6
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
foot; leg
Left is the foot radical , a leg above a footprint. It marks the character as something done with the feet - here a dragging, heel-down way of walking.
phonetic
to reach (phonetic)
Right is , here only for sound, giving the tā reading after a shift. The same phonetic appears in (to inhale) and (level).

Stroke Order

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