跤 jiāo to tumble
to tumble; to fall; to wrestle
怎么记住“跤”: 𧾷 foot + 交 hand over = to tumble. Dad catches his foot on the kerb as he runs to hand over the parking ticket, and begins to tumble in slow motion.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
跤 = 𧾷 foot + 交 hand over
- 𧾷 foot meaning
- 交 hand over sound
- 亠 lid
- 父 father
Dad catches his foot on the kerb as he runs to hand over the parking ticket, and begins to tumble in slow motion.
How it came to be
The foot gives the meaning and the right part gives the sound.
用法
- A tumble/fall, chiefly 摔跤 (shuāijiāo): to trip and fall (摔了一跤 took a spill), and also the sport of wrestling (摔跤比赛 a wrestling match). 跌跤 (diējiāo) means to stumble/fall. Colloquial.