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Kotomora

躄

crawl, cripple

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Readings

On'yomi

  • ヘキ

Kun'yomi

  • いざ.る
  • いざ.り

Meaning

躄 centers on impaired movement: crawling or being crippled, where the legs cannot support normal walking.

Most common words using 躄

  • 躄るいざる

    to shuffle (on one's bottom or knees); to crawl

  • 躄いざり

    crawling on the ground; shuffling on one's knees

  • 躄魚いざりうお

    frogfish (any fish of family Antennariidae, esp. the striated frogfish, Antennarius striatus)

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Study

Etymology

躄 combines 足 (foot/leg) with 辟, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to the idea of being bent or impaired. The exact historical development is uncertain.

Meaning mnemonic

The bottom 足 (foot) is crushed under the heavy 辟 on top, leaving the person unable to walk and forced to crawl like a cripple.

Reading mnemonic

For ヘキ, imagine a crippled person crawling to a heckling crowd: heckle -> ヘキ, and the jeering makes the crawling even more pitiful.