踵
Ancient forms
1 form- Small sealQin–Han
- 踵RegularToday
Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
zhǒng zhong3
- to arrive
- to follow
- heel
Words with 踵
- 提踵tízhǒngto lift one's heels; to stand on tiptoe; (sports) to do a calf raise
- 接踵jiēzhǒngto follow on sb's heels
- 旋踵xuánzhǒng(literary) in an instant (lit. to turn on one's heel)
- 接踵而来jiēzhǒngérláito come one after the other
- 摩顶放踵módǐngfàngzhǒngto rub one's head and heels (idiom); to slave for the benefit of others
- 延颈企踵yánjǐngqǐzhǒngto stand on tiptoe and crane one's neck (idiom); fig. to yearn for sth
- 祸不旋踵huòbùxuánzhǒngtrouble is never far away (idiom)
- 摩肩接踵mójiānjiēzhǒnglit. rubbing shoulders and following in each other's footsteps