蹙

蹙

蹙 U+8E59, 蹙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8E59 ← 蹘 [U+8E58] CJK Unified Ideographs 蹚 → [U+8E5A]

Translingual

Han character

蹙 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 戈火口卜人 (IFRYO), four-corner 5380₁, composition ⿱戚足)

1. urgent, suddenly
2. grieve, lament

References

• KangXi: page 1232, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37790
• Dae Jaweon: page 1704, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3733, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8E59

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Chinese

trad.		蹙
simp. #		蹙
2nd round simp.		促
alternative forms		顣／𫖹 踧 蹴

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
椒	*ʔsliw
茮	*ʔsliw
踧	*l'ɯːwɢ, *ʔslɯwɢ
蔋	*l'ɯːwɢ
惄	*nɯːwɢ
戚	*sʰlɯːwɢ
慼	*sʰlɯːwɢ
鏚	*sʰlɯːwɢ
慽	*sʰlɯːwɢ
磩	*sʰlɯːwɢ
寂	*zlɯːwɢ
嘁	*ʔsluːb
墄	*sʰlɯːɡ
摵	*srɯːɡ, *ʔslɯwɢ, *srɯwɢ
督	*ʔl'uːwɢ
錖	*ʔl'uːwɢ
裻	*ʔl'uːwɢ, *sluːwɢ
傶	*ʔslɯːwɢ
蹙	*ʔslɯwɢ
槭	*ʔslɯwɢ
縬	*ʔslɯwɢ, *ʔsrɯwɢ
顣	*ʔslɯwɢ
敊	*l̥ʰɯwɢ
琡	*ʔljɯwɢ, *l̥ʰjɯwɢ
俶	*l̥ʰjɯwɢ
埱	*l̥ʰjɯwɢ
淑	*ɦljɯwɢ
婌	*ɦljɯwɢ
尗	*hljɯwɢ
叔	*hljɯwɢ
掓	*hljɯwɢ
菽	*hljɯwɢ
鮛	*hljɯwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cù (cu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹, cuk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cù
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cù
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻu⁴
    • Yale: tsù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuh
    • Palladius: цу (cu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zuk¹, cuk¹
    • Yale: jūk, chūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷, tsuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug¹, cug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵/, /t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡sɨuk̚/

Rime
Character	蹙
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	東 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	子六切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡suwk̚/
Li Rong	/t͡siuk̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zuk1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔslɯwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蹙
Reading #	1/1
No.	11744
Phonetic component	尗
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	蹙
Old Chinese	/*ʔslɯwɢ/

Definitions

蹙

1. to knit (one's brows)

   • 不由得蹙起眉頭 [MSC, trad.]
     不由得蹙起眉头 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1955, 金庸 (Jin Yong), 《書劍恩仇錄》／《书剑恩仇录》 (The Book and the Sword)

     bùyóudé cù qǐ méitóu [Pinyin]

     [he] could not help but knit his brows

2. to approach; to close in on
3. to force; to compel
4. to shrink; to contract
5. urgent; critical
6. Alternative form of 蹴 (cù, “to tread on; to kick”).

Compounds

刺蹙 困蹙 悄悄蹙蹙 愁蹙 排蹙 眉蹙春山 窘蹙 跼蹙 蹙然 蹙眉 (cùméi) 蹙竦 蹙踖

蹙蹐 蹙迫 蹙金 力蹙勢窮／力蹙势穷 嚬蹙／𫫾蹙 掩鼻蹙頞／掩鼻蹙𱂨 攢眉蹙鼻／攒眉蹙鼻 攢蹙／攒蹙 疾首蹙頞／疾首蹙𱂨 疾首蹙額／疾首蹙额 發蹙／发蹙 皺眉蹙眼／皱眉蹙眼

窮蹙／穷蹙 計窮勢蹙／计穷势蹙 蹙國喪師／蹙国丧师 蹙眉長歎／蹙眉长叹 蹙頞／蹙𱂨 蹙額／蹙额 (cù'é) 蹙額愁眉／蹙额愁眉 蹙額顰眉／蹙额颦眉 轢蹙／轹蹙 顰眉蹙額／颦眉蹙额 顰蹙／颦蹙 (píncù) 龍蹙虎振／龙蹙虎振

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Japanese

Kanji

蹙

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. knitting one's brows

Readings

• Go-on: すく (suku)
• Kan-on: しゅく (shuku)
• Kun: せまる (semaru, 蹙まる); しじかむ (shijikamu, 蹙む)

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Korean

Hanja

蹙 • (chuk) (hangeul 축, revised chuk, McCune–Reischauer ch'uk, Yale chwuk)

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