| 跎 | |||
| slip, stumble, falter; vacillate | |||
| Radical | 足𧾷 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 5 | Total Strokes | 12 |
| Mandarin reading | tuó | Cantonese reading | to4 |
| Japanese on reading | ta da | Japanese kun reading | tsumazuku |
| Korean reading | tha | Vietnamese reading | |
| 跎 | |||
| slip, stumble, falter; vacillate | |||
| Radical | 足𧾷 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 5 | Total Strokes | 12 |
| Mandarin reading | tuó | Cantonese reading | to4 |
| Japanese on reading | ta da | Japanese kun reading | tsumazuku |
| Korean reading | tha | Vietnamese reading | |
| 跎 | [ tuó ] to stumble, to waste time |
| ⇒ 年已蹉跎 | [ nián yǐ cuō tuó ] the years have already gone by, to be too old |
| ⇒ 日月蹉跎 | [ rì yuè cuō tuó ] the years have slipped by |
| ⇒ 蹉跎 | [ cuō tuó ] (literary) to slip, (of looks etc) to fade away, (of time) to slip away, to squander (time, opportunities), to dillydally |