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踵

zhǒng

Character

What 踵 means

1. to arrive
2. to follow
3. heel

Example sentences

• 生命中你无法选择接踵而至的挑战，但是你可以选择不成为一个失败者。
  Shēngmìng zhōng nǐ wúfǎ xuǎnzé jiēzhǒng ér zhì de tiǎozhàn, dànshì nǐ kěyǐ xuǎnzé bù chéngwéi yī gè shībàizhě.
  Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.

Words containing 踵

• 接踵而来jiē zhǒng ér láito come one after the other
• 摩肩接踵mó jiān jiē zhǒnglit. rubbing shoulders and following in each other's footsteps; a thronging crowd
• 接踵jiē zhǒngto follow on sb's heels
• 提踵tí zhǒngto lift one's heels; to stand on tiptoe; (sports) to do a calf raise
• 旋踵xuán zhǒng(literary) in an instant (lit. to turn on one's heel)
• 延颈企踵yán jǐng qǐ zhǒngto stand on tiptoe and crane one's neck (idiom); fig. to yearn for sth
• 摩顶放踵mó dǐng fàng zhǒngto rub one's head and heels (idiom); to slave for the benefit of others…
• 祸不旋踵huò bù xuán zhǒngtrouble is never far away (idiom)

Characters built on 重

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

• 董dǒngto supervise; to direct; director
• 锺zhōngnonstandard simplified variant of 钟

Characters that look like 踵

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

• 赠zèngto give as a present; to repel; to bestow an honorary title after death (old)
• 槽cáotrough; manger; groove
• 稽jī(bound form) to examine; to check (against records); (literary) to delay; to linger…
• 蹊qīused in 蹊跷; Taiwan pr. xī
• 辘lùused in 辘辘; used in 轱辘; used in 辘轳
• 镫dèngstirrup

Sounds the same

Read zhǒng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 种seed; species; kind
• 肿to swell; swelling; swollen
• 冢mound; burial mound; senior (i.e. eldest child or senior in rank)
• 尰swell