踠 [wǎn]
1. A bend where the foot and hoof of mules and horses connect.
- "The horse has double shanks, walking six hundred miles, bending at the knee, this is it."
2. Bending.
- "The horse's bent legs cause it to be unable to move swiftly."
3. A medical condition where hands and feet are bent and cannot be straightened.
- "If one can catch and pickle [the ingredient] to be used as bait, it can alleviate great wind, spasms, bends, fistulas, and diseases."
1. (Noun) The movable part where the human foot and shank connect. [En. ankle]
- 引: "Her mother is ill, unable to move her ankle." — Qing Dynasty, Xue Fucheng
2. Also refers to the bending point between a horse's leg and hoof.
- 引: “It is customary for the hoof to be thick and big, while the bend should be thin and short.” — Ming Dynasty, Xu Guangqi's "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration"
1. (Adjective) Bending. [En. bending]
- 引: “A good horse's foot is of no master, the old bond is severed in grief.”
Example: 踠局 (a winding and twisting form).