to arrive / to follow / heel

踵 character breakdown

excessive
foot / to be sufficient / ample

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a football. Zapatista Zebra (zu) wants to pimp his football (足) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). He thinks that a few more vitamins wouldn't hurt, so he extracts the vitamins from a mandarin (口) with a syringe (龰) to inject them into his football.
to repeat / repetition / again / re- / classifier: layer

= + : Mnemonic symbol (from the shape of the character): this one looks like a space elevator. The two top strokes are the heavens, the two bottom strokes are the earth, and the part in between is the cabin (or climber) of the space elevator.

Chantal Chicken (chu) is working in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). Her job is to crush sunflower (里) seeds with a 1 kg weight (千) to get the kernels. Then she has to put the kernels into the cabin of a space elevator (重) to send them to outer space. This repeats (重) again and again day in, day out.
heavy / serious / to attach importance to

= + : Mnemonic symbol (from the shape of the character): this one looks like a space elevator. The two top strokes are the heavens, the two bottom strokes are the earth, and the part in between is the cabin (or climber) of the space elevator.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) installed a space elevator (重) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). For the maiden trip, and as a stress test, he loads one thousand (千) one kilogram weights (千) and decorates them with sun flowers (里) to celebrate the occasion.

Characters with 踵 as component

踵 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 踵

lit. rubbing shoulders and following in each other's footsteps / a thronging crowd
to follow on sb's heels
trouble is never far away (idiom)
(literary) in an instant (lit. to turn on one's heel)
to stand on tiptoe and crane one's neck (idiom); fig. to yearn for sth
to rub one's head and heels (idiom); to slave for the benefit of others / to wear oneself out for the general good
to turn on one's heel / in the twinkle of an eye / instantly

Sentences with 踵

踵 currently does not appear in any sentence.