趨

趨

See also: 趋

趨 U+8DA8, 趨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8DA8 ← 趧 [U+8DA7] CJK Unified Ideographs 趩 → [U+8DA9]

Translingual

Han character

趨 (Kangxi radical 156, 走+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 土人心山山 (GOPUU), four-corner 4780₂, composition ⿺走芻)

Derived characters

• 𢹤

Related characters

• 趋 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• KangXi: page 1219, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37258
• Dae Jaweon: page 1690, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3497, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8DA8

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Chinese

trad.		趨
simp.		趋
alternative forms		趍 騶／驺 趣 𧻫 𧻬 趍 騶／驺 趣 𧻫 𧻬 𨃘 𧼜

Glyph origin

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

Characters in the same phonetic series (芻) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
煼	*sʰroːʔ
謅	*sʰroːʔ, *ʔsru, *sʰru
縐	*sʰroːs, *ʔsrus
鄒	*ʔsru
騶	*ʔsru
搊	*ʔsruʔ, *sʰru, *ʔsro
皺	*ʔsrus
篘	*sʰru
㑳	*zrus, *ʔsro, *rnuːb
趍	*sʰlo, *l'al
趨	*sʰlo
芻	*sʰro
犓	*sʰro
雛	*zro
鶵	*zro
媰	*zro
齺	*zroːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sʰlo) : semantic 走 + phonetic 芻 (OC *sʰro).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qū (qu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chî
• Min Dong (BUC): chṳ̆
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhu / chhi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qū
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü¹
    • Yale: chyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiu
    • Palladius: цюй (cjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi¹
    • Yale: chēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chî
    • Hakka Romanization System: ji´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ji¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕi²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chṳ̆
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰy⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhu
    • Tâi-lô: tshu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰu³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡sʰu⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi
    • Tâi-lô: tshi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡sʰɨo/

Rime
Character	趨
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	七逾切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰio/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰuə̆/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰio/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceoi1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ʰro/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰlo/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	趨
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qū
Middle Chinese	‹ tsrhju ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ʰro/
English	hasten
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	趨
Reading #	1/1
No.	1604
Phonetic component	芻
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	趨
Old Chinese	/*sʰlo/

Definitions

趨

1. to walk quickly; to run
2. to hasten; to hurry
3. to pursue; to seek

   趨之若鶩／趋之若鹜  ―  qūzhīruòwù  ―  to go after something like a flock of ducks

4. to attach (oneself) to; to ingratiate oneself with

   趨炎附勢／趋炎附势  ―  qūyánfùshì  ―  to ingratiate oneself with powerful or influential people

5. to tend towards; to approach

   大勢所趨／大势所趋  ―  dàshìsuǒqū  ―  general trend

   日趨惡化／日趋恶化  ―  rì qū èhuà  ―  (please add an English translation of this example)

6. (historical) to quickly take small steps as a sign of respect

Compounds

一步一趨／一步一趋 亦步亦趨／亦步亦趋 (yìbùyìqū) 共同趨向／共同趋向 大勢所趨／大势所趋 (dàshìsuǒqū) 孅趨／孅趋 尺步繩趨／尺步绳趋 攀龍趨鳳／攀龙趋凤 日趨惡劣／日趋恶劣 步趨／步趋 歸趨／归趋 民心趨向／民心趋向 漸趨式微／渐趋式微 畫地而趨／画地而趋 禹行舜趨／禹行舜趋 繩趨尺步／绳趋尺步 背本趨末／背本趋末 行合趨同／行合趋同 趨之若鶩／趋之若鹜 (qūzhīruòwù) 趨光性／趋光性

趨利／趋利 (qūlì) 趨利避害／趋利避害 (qūlìbìhài) 趨前退後／趋前退后 趨勢／趋势 (qūshì) 趨吉避凶／趋吉避凶 (qūjíbìxiōng) 趨向／趋向 (qūxiàng) 趨奉／趋奉 (qūfèng) 趨庭／趋庭 趨承／趋承 趨拜／趋拜 趨時／趋时 (qūshí) 趨時捧勢／趋时捧势 趨末背本／趋末背本 趨權附勢／趋权附势 趨步／趋步 趨水性／趋水性 趨炎奉勢／趋炎奉势 趨炎附勢／趋炎附势 (qūyánfùshì) 趨炎附熱／趋炎附热

趨熱性／趋热性 趨競／趋竞 趨緩／趋缓 (qūhuǎn) 趨舍／趋舍 趨舍指湊／趋舍指凑 趨舍異路／趋舍异路 趨財慕勢／趋财慕势 趨走／趋走 趨赴／趋赴 (qūfù) 趨趨／趋趋 趨蹌／趋跄 趨蹡／趋𬧀 趨避／趋避 趨附／趋附 (qūfù) 避凶趨吉／避凶趋吉 長期趨勢／长期趋势 阿諛趨奉／阿谀趋奉 鳧趨／凫趋 鳧趨雀躍／凫趋雀跃

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Japanese

Kanji

趨

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to go towards, to run
2. to trend, to tend towards

Readings

• Go-on: す (su)
• Kan-on: しゅ (shu)
• Kan’yō-on: すう (sū)
• Kun: おもむく (omomuku, 趨く); はしる (hashiru, 趨る)

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Korean

Hanja

趨 • (chu, chok) (hangeul 추, 촉)

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Vietnamese

Han character

趨: Hán Việt readings: xu, xúc
趨: Nôm readings: so, xúc, xu, xô

References

• Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)