辿: follow (a road)

follow (a road); trace; make one's way

6 strokesNames & literary · Name kanji (準1級 range)in 2 words here

Readings

テン

Kun

たどる・たどり

Kun-reading たど- dominates: 辿る (to follow, trace) and 辿り着く (to finally arrive). The on-reading テン is virtually unused.

辿るたどるto follow; to trace

辿り着くたどりつくto finally arrive

辿々しいたどたどしいhalting; clumsy

地図ちずを見みながら、やっと駅えきに辿たどり着ついた。

Looking at the map, I finally managed to reach the station.

川かわの流ながれを辿たどると、小ちいさな滝たきに出でる。

If you follow the river's flow, you come out at a small waterfall.

子こどもは辿々たどたどしい字じで、母ははに手紙てがみを書かいた。

The child wrote a letter to his mother in clumsy handwriting.