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The character 趿 (tā) is a left-right phono-semantic compound composed of the semantic radical 足 (zú, 'foot'), indicating an action involving feet or footwear, and the phonetic component 及 (jí, 'to reach; catch up'), which provides the pronunciation without adding semantic value. It describes the casual, sloppy act of crushing down shoe heels or dragging one's feet, and is used predominantly in the compound 趿拉 (tāla), which vividly evokes the shuffling sound and slipshod motion of wearing slippers or ill-fitting shoes.
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