跎 | |||
slip, stumble, falter; vacillate | |||
Radical | 足𧾷 | ||
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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 |