跤 jiāo to tumble
to tumble; to fall; to wrestle
How to remember 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.
Component breakdown
跤 = 𧾷 foot + 交 hand over
- 𧾷 foot
- 交 hand over
- 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 is used
- 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.