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跄

qiāng

Character Traditional 蹌

What 跄 means

1. walk rapidly

Other readings

跄 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• qiàngstagger; sway from side to side

Example sentences

• 汤姆踉跄地站了起来。
  Tom struggled to his feet.

Words starting with 跄

• 跄踉qiàng liàngsee 踉跄

Words containing 跄

• 踉跄liàng qiàngto stagger; to walk falteringly
• 跌跌跄跄diē diē qiàng qiàngto dodder along

Characters built on 仓

These share the phonetic component 仓 (cāng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 枪qiānggun; firearm; rifle
• 抢qiǎngto fight over; to rush; to scramble
• 呛qiàngto irritate the nose; to choke (of smoke, smell etc); pungent
• 戗qiāngcontrary; pushing against; bump
• 炝qiàngto briefly boil (a vegetable etc), then dress with soy sauce, oil, vinegar etc…

Characters that look like 跄

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 跑pǎoto run; to run away; to escape
• 艳yànbright; fresh and attractive; glamorous; (bound form) amorous; romantic…
• 跆táito trample, to kick
• 赊shēto buy or sell on credit; distant; long (time)
• 跚shānused in 蹒跚
• 殓liànto prepare a dead body for coffin

Sounds the same

Read qiāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 枪gun; firearm; rifle
• 腔(bound form) cavity; (bound form) speech; talk; tune
• 羌muntjac; grammar particle indicating nonsense (classical)
• 呛to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way)
• 将to desire; to invite; to request
• 抢(literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage)…
• 锵tinkling of small bells
• 戕to kill; to injure; Taiwan pr. qiáng
• 戗contrary; pushing against; bump
• 蜣dung beetle
• 镪sulfuric acid
• 锖the color of a mineral