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躇

躇

Translingual

Han character

躇 (radical 157 足+13, 20 strokes, cangjie input 口一廿十日 (RMTJA), four-corner 64164)

  1. hesitate, falter, be undecided

References

  • KangXi: page 1234, character 41
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37925
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1707, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3732, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+8E87

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 躇

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (者) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
觰 *rtaːʔ, *rtaː
諸 *tjaː, *tja
者 *tjaːʔ
堵 *tjaːʔ, *taːʔ
赭 *tjaːʔ
撦 *l̥ʰjaːʔ
扯 *tʰjaːʔ
闍 *djaː, *taː
奢 *hljaː
鍺 *toːlʔ
都 *taː
醏 *taː
覩 *taːʔ
睹 *taːʔ
暏 *taːʔ
賭 *taːʔ
帾 *taːʔ
楮 *taːʔ, *tʰaʔ
屠 *daː, *da
瘏 *daː
廜 *daː
鷵 *daː
緒 *ljaʔ
豬 *ta
猪 *ta
瀦 *ta
藸 *ta, *da
櫫 *ta
褚 *taʔ, *tʰaʔ
著 *taʔ, *tas, *da, *taɡ, *daɡ
箸 *tas, *das
儲 *da
躇 *da
櫧 *tja
藷 *tja, *djas
蠩 *tja
煮 *tjaʔ
渚 *tjaʔ
煑 *tjaʔ
陼 *tjaʔ
翥 *tjas
署 *djas
薯 *djas
曙 *djas
書 *hlja
暑 *hjaʔ
鐯 *taɡ
擆 *taɡ
櫡 *taɡ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 躇
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 澄 (11)
Final (韻) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 直魚切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɖɨʌ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɖiɔ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȡiɔ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɖɨə̆/
Li
Rong		 /ȡiɔ/
Wang
Li		 /ȡĭo/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȡʱi̯wo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 chú
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 躇
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 chuò
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ trhjak ›
Old
Chinese		 /*tʰrak/
English jump over, pass over

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 躇
Reading # 1/1
No. 16997
Phonetic
component		 者
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 除
Old
Chinese		 /*da/

Definitions

躇

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Compounds

  • 肚裡躊躇／肚里踌躇
  • 躇階／躇阶
  • 躊躇／踌躇 (chóuchú)
  • 躊躇不決／踌躇不决
  • 躊躇未決／踌躇未决
  • 躊躇滿志／踌躇满志
  • 躕躇／蹰躇

References

Japanese

Kanji

躇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

躇 • ‎(jeo, chak) (hangeul 저, 착, revised jeo, chak, McCune-Reischauer chŏ, ch'ak, Yale ce, chak)

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