What 踹 means
It names a forceful foot strike.
Modern Mandarin reads it chuài for a hard kick, stomp, or tread. As of 2026, the sources checked give no single inventor or founding event. An older shuàn reading covers the heel, recorded in 《玉篇》, while 《淮南子》 preserves 踹足 for leaping.
A 2017 study of the modern “step on” word lists 踹 among its historical spellings, alongside 跐 and 跴. That is a writing relationship, not permission to swap every foot verb.
Blunt and physical; aimed at a person, it carries an aggressive edge.
Is 踹 rude? It can: aimed at a person, it may read as a threat.
Who writes 踹
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Questions people ask
1Why does 踹 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 踹
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- chuai · chuai4 · shuan · kick · stomp · tread · trample · 踹门
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踹\8E39Codes and encoding1 code points
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