What 趷 means
The phrase around it tells you which action or sound to read.
As of 2026, Cantonese dictionaries record it for limping, tiptoeing, hopping on one leg, lifting, bowing, leaning forward, and telling someone to leave. 趷高腳 means standing on tiptoe; 趷路 means “go away” or “scram.”
In older literary compounds such as 趷蹬蹬, it imitates a clatter, impact, or footstep sound.
Which characters connect to 趷?
Older fiction uses it as a sound-word; Cantonese records a movement reading.
A 2024 Taiwan Ministry of Education dictionary entry says 趷 is absent from Shuowen, an early Chinese character dictionary. Classic novels such as Journey to the West and Romance of the Three Kingdoms use it in sound-imitating compounds. Cantonese dictionaries record its reading in 1877 and again in 1910.
As of 2026, Cantonese references list 䞘 as a variant of 趷; standard Mandarin uses 踮 for the tiptoe action. These are a written-form variant and a meaning equivalent, not evidence that one character evolved from the other. The glyph is drawn by fonts, so a font without it may show a blank box.
What does 趷 mean when someone sends it?
Read the phrase and the writer’s language first.
A Cantonese phrase points to an action; an older Chinese quotation may point to a sound. A bare 趷 does not settle which reading is intended.
Regional written Cantonese in movement phrases; a literary sound-word in older fiction.
In mixed-language chat, bare 趷 may read as an unfamiliar character or a footstep sound.
What it means when someone sends it to you
4 readingsCombination ideas
3Questions people ask
1Can 趷 only describe a movement?
No. Older compounds such as 趷蹬蹬 use it to echo a clatter, impact, or footsteps.
How to type 趷
趷\8DB7Codes and encoding1 code points
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