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趣
趣
Translingual
Han character
趣 (radical 156 走+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 土人尸十水 (GOSJE), four-corner 41804, composition ⿺走取)
- what attracts one's attention
- interesting
- to interest
References
- KangXi: page 1218, character 35
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37207
- Dae Jaweon: page 1689, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3490, character 9
- Unihan data for U+8DA3
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
趣 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (取) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 陬 | *ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *ʔslo |
| 棷 | *ʔsloː, *sʰloːʔ, *sloːʔ, *ʔsru |
| 掫 | *ʔsloː, *ʔsruʔ, *ʔslo |
| 緅 | *ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *slos |
| 趣 | *sʰloːʔ, *sʰlos |
| 取 | *sʰloːʔ, *sʰloʔ |
| 鯫 | *zloː, *zloːʔ, *sʰlo |
| 棸 | *rlu, *rluʔ, *ʔsru |
| 鄹 | *ʔsru, *zloʔ, *ljoːnʔ |
| 郰 | *ʔsru |
| 齱 | *ʔsru, *sʰroːɡ |
| 菆 | *ʔsru, *sʰros, *zloːn |
| 箃 | *ʔsru |
| 黀 | *ʔsru |
| 驟 | *zrus |
| 最 | *zloːds |
| 襊 | *sʰoːds, *sʰoːd |
| 蕞 | *zoːds |
| 嘬 | *sʰroːds |
| 諏 | *ʔslo |
| 娵 | *ʔslo |
| 娶 | *sʰloʔ, *sʰlos, *slo |
| 聚 | *zloʔ, *zlos |
| 埾 | *zlos |
| 藂 | *zloːŋ |
| 叢 | *zloːŋ |
| 繓 | *ʔsoːd |
| 撮 | *ʔsoːd, *sʰoːd |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sʰloːʔ, *sʰlos) : semantic 走 (“walk”) + phonetic 取 (OC *sʰloːʔ, *sʰloʔ) – to hasten (walking) towards an object of interest.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˋ
- Wade-Giles: ch'ü4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiw
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˋ
- Wade-Giles: ch'ou4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chow
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ceoi3, cuk1, cau2, ceoi1
- Yale: cheui, chūk, cháu, chēui
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey3, tsuk7, tsau2, tsoey1
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰɵy̯³³/, /t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/, /t͡sʰɐu̯³⁵/, /t͡ɕʰɵy̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhi
- Hakka Romanization System: qi
- Hagfa Pinyim: qi4
- IPA: /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 趣 | 趣 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 清 (14) | 清 (14) |
| Final (韻) | 侯 (137) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 蒼苟切 | 七句切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/t͡sʰəuX/ | /t͡sʰɨoH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/t͡sʰəuX/ | /t͡sʰioH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/t͡sʰəuX/ | /t͡sʰioH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/t͡sʰəwX/ | /t͡sʰuə̆H/ |
| Li Rong |
/t͡sʰuX/ | /t͡sʰioH/ |
| Wang Li |
/t͡sʰəuX/ | /t͡sʰĭuH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/t͡sʰə̯uX/ | /t͡sʰi̯uH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
cǒu | qù |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 趣 | 趣 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 10625 | 10657 |
| Phonetic component |
取 | 取 |
| Rime group |
侯 | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
娶 | |
| Old Chinese |
/*sʰloːʔ/ | /*sʰlos/ |
Definitions
趣
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Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
趣
- purport, gist
- taste, elegance
- appearance
Readings
- Goon: す (su), そく (soku)
- Kan’on: しゅ (shu), しょく (shoku)
- On (unclassified): そう (sō)
- Kun: おもむき (omomuki), おもむく (omomuku), うながす (unagasu)