蹉

蹉 · cuō

error, mistake, slip; failure

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
cuō
Cantonese
co1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

error, mistake, slip; failure

Dictionary definitions & readings

蹉 cuō · to error; to slip; to miss; to err

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
63725.100:cuō Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0185.060:cuō Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
059.110:cuō Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
cuō粵co1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
サ シ つまずく Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
차:0N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
tha Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
七何 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
RMTQM Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
6811.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1231.050 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
159.12 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8E49
Radical
足 · 157
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
10
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6095

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
蹉
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
tsha · 七何 · 果開一平歌清 · #726

PHONO-ML, source line 5927; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1293.201
kDaeJaweon
1703.040
kFennIndex
554.03
kHanYu
63725.100
kIRGDaeJaweon
1703.040
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
63725.100
kIRGKangXi
1231.050
kKangXi
1231.050
kMatthews
6791
kMeyerWempe
3427b
kMorohashi
37745
kNelson
4578
kSBGY
159.12
kSMSZD2003Index
679.13
kCangjie
RMTQM
kFenn
178H
kFourCornerCode
6811.1
kHKGlyph
3999
kMojiJoho
MJ025395
kPhonetic
12
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-7563
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C1CE
kIRG_JSource
J0-6D22
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-ECB2
kIRG_KSource
K0-7332
kIRG_TSource
T1-7559
kIRG_VSource
V1-685C
kRSUnicode
157.10
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
C1CE
kCCCII
215A74
kCNS1986
1-7559
kCNS1992
1-7559
kEACC
215A74
kGB0
8567
kGB1
8567
kJis0
7702
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
6458
kTGH
2013:6095
kTaiwanTelegraph
6458
kXerox
270:333
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6817+157.7.10
kCantonese
co1
kDefinition
error, mistake, slip; failure
kFanqie
七何
kHangul
차:0N
kHanyuPinyin
63725.100:cuō
kJapanese
サ シ つまずく
kJapaneseKun
TSUMAZUKU
kJapaneseOn
SA
kKorean
CHA
kMandarin
cuō
kSMSZD2003Readings
cuō粵co1
kTGHZ2013
059.110:cuō
kTang
*tsɑ
kVietnamese
tha
kXHC1983
0185.060:cuō

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
4dictionary records using 蹉0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
𧾷 beside 差 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿰𧾷差$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰𧾷差$(GHTJKPV)

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