qiāngqiàng

walk rapidly

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
足 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

foot

仓 sound component

  Sound component

cāng

  

granary

Evolution

跄 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
跄 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
跄 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

qiāng

walk rapidly

() 

qiàng

stagger; sway from side to side

Most common words with 跄
Freq.
Word
Meaning

踉跄

to stagger

stagger

跄踉

to stagger