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The character 趄 is a phono-semantic compound formed by the walking radical 走, which indicates motion (walking, running), wrapped around the left and bottom, and the phonetic 且. This composition yields a character primarily associated with unsteady or hesitant movement, staggering, faltering, hesitating to move forward, or leaning to one side when trying to walk. A further meaning, reclining or tilting, extends the concept of physical imbalance to stationary objects and bodily postures.
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