措

措

措 U+63AA, 措 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63AA ← 掩 [U+63A9] CJK Unified Ideographs 掫 → [U+63AB]

Translingual

Han character

措 (radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手廿日 (QTA), four-corner 5406₁, composition ⿰扌昔)

References

• KangXi: page 439, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12286
• Dae Jaweon: page 790, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1891, character 3
• Unihan data for U+63AA

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		措

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 措
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (昔) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
借	*ʔsjaːɡs, *ʔsjaːɡ
唶	*ʔsjaːɡs
藉	*zjaːɡs, *zjaːɡ
躤	*zjaːɡs
蜡	*zraːɡs, *sʰaːɡs
齰	*zraːɡs, *zraːɡ
醋	*sʰaːɡs
錯	*sʰaːɡs, *sʰaːɡ
措	*sʰaːɡs
厝	*sʰaːɡs, *sʰaːɡ
逪	*sʰaːɡ
剒	*sʰaːɡ
鵲	*sʰaɡ
碏	*sʰaɡ
踖	*sʰaɡ, *ʔsjaːɡ, *zjaːɡ
趞	*sʰaɡ
皵	*sʰaɡ, *sʰjaːɡ
舄	*sʰjaːɡ, *sʰaɡ, *sjaːɡ, *sjaːɡ
斮	*ʔsraɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
簎	*zraːwɢ, *sʰraːɡ, *zjaːɡ
諎	*ʔsraːɡ
矠	*sʰreːɡ, *zreːɡ
庴	*ʔsjaːɡ, *zjaːɡ
籍	*zjaːɡ
耤	*zjaːɡ
猎	*zjaːɡ
昔	*sjaːɡ
惜	*sjaːɡ
腊	*sjaːɡ
焟	*sjaːɡ
棤	*sjaːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuò (cuo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou³
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhò͘ / chhò

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: cuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛˋ
    • Wade–Giles: ts'o⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuoh
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou³
    • Yale: chou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhò͘ / chhò
    • Tâi-lô: tshòo / tshò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhox, zhoix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰɔ²¹/, /t͡sʰo²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔ⁴¹/, /t͡sʰo⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔ²¹/, /t͡sʰo²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰɔ¹¹/, /t͡sʰo¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɔ²¹/, /t͡sʰɤ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cu³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshù
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡sʰuo^H/▼

Rime
Character	措
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	倉故切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰuoH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰuoH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰoH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɔH/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰoH/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰuoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cù

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ]ˤak-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰaːɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	措
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cuò
Middle Chinese	‹ tshuH ›
Old Chinese	/*[tsʰ]ˁak-s/
English	place (v.)
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	措
Reading #	1/1
No.	13277
Phonetic component	昔
Rime group	暮
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	厝
Old Chinese	/*sʰaːɡs/

Definitions

措

1. to place; to put in order; to arrange
2. to employ; to administer
3. to collect; to measure
4. to make plans
5. to move; to act; to conduct
6. wording

Compounds

不知所措 (bùzhīsuǒcuò) 倉皇失措／仓皇失措 倉皇無措／仓皇无措 因應措施／因应措施 失措 (shīcuò) 寒酸措大 張皇失措／张皇失措 彷徨失措 徬徨失措 惶惶無措／惶惶无措 慌忙無措／慌忙无措 手腳無措／手脚无措 手足失措 手足無措／手足无措 措不及防 措大

措意 措手 (cuòshǒu) 措手不及 (cuòshǒubùjí) 措手不迭 措支剌 措施 (cuòshī) 措置 (cuòzhì) 措置乖方 措置有方 措詞／措词 措辦／措办 措辭／措辞 (cuòcí) 措顏無地／措颜无地 未知所措 束手無措／束手无措

無措／无措 窮措大／穷措大 籌措／筹措 (chóucuò) 罔知所措 舉措／举措 (jǔcuò) 舉止失措／举止失措 舉直措枉／举直措枉 莫措手足 莫知所措 設張舉措／设张举措 遣辭措意／遣辞措意 靡知所措 風措／风措 驚惶失措／惊惶失措 (jīnghuáng shīcuò) 驚慌失措／惊慌失措 (jīnghuāngshīcuò)

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Japanese

Kanji

措

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: す (su)
• Kan-on: そ (so, Jōyō)
• Kun: おく (oku, 措く)

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Korean

Hanja

措 • (jo, chaek) (hangeul 조, 책, revised jo, chaek, McCune–Reischauer cho, ch'aek, Yale co, chayk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

措 (thố, số, thá, thó, láp, thò)

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