躓 – stumble

22 strokesN2 vocabulary

The kanji 躓 means stumble. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is チ (chi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つまず.く (tsumazuku). It is written with 22 strokes, under radical 足 (no. 157).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	チ	chi
Kun’yomi	つまず.く	tsumazuku

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 足 (Kangxi radical 157). Components: 貝・目・ハ・斤・口・足・止.

Words using 躓

躓くつまずくto trip (over)

Kanji with the same radical

足路踏躍跡踊践跳蹴跨

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.