Radical
Strokes
15
Residual strokes
8
Mandarin
zhí
Teochew

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Radical
Residual strokes
8 strokes
Strokes
15 strokes
Mandarin
zhí

Definitions by reading

dêg4
Mandarin equivalent zhí
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng dêg4 Chenghai dêg4 Jieyang dêg4 Raoping dêg4 Shantou dêg4
踯 <动>
徘徊 [pace up and down]
踯于六闲。――《视学及士习文体策》
又如:踯跼(徘徊不进的样子)
蹬踢 [treadle and kick]
喜则齐鼻,怒则奋踯。――唐·柳宗元《牛赋》
又如:踯踏(蹬踢跳跃)
踯躅
[pace up and down;loiter around]∶徘徊不前
金车玉作轮,踯躅青骢马。――《玉台新咏·古诗为焦仲卿妻作》
始踯躅于燥吻。――《文选》
[tread]∶用脚踏地
立踯躅而不安。――宋玉《神女赋》                                                                                                                                    
踯(躑)zhí[踯躅][蹢躅]徘徊:~躅花丛中。~躅不前。
徘徊不进:踯躅街头
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English meaning

waver, hesitate, be irresolute

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
澄母 三等 開口 清韵 入声 直炙切
Reconstruction:
Original

躑躅,行不進也。