躇

躇

躇 U+8E87, 躇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8E87 ← 躆 [U+8E86] CJK Unified Ideographs 躈 → [U+8E88]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		躇
simp. #		躇
alternative forms		䠧

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 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chú (chu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˊ

• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): tîr / tû / tî / thû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chú
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chú
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu²
    • Yale: chú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwu
    • Palladius: чу (ču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîr
    • Tâi-lô: tîr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɯ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tû
    • Tâi-lô: tû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: duu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tu²³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /tu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tu¹³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tî
    • Tâi-lô: tî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dii
    • IPA (Taipei): /ti²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thû
    • Tâi-lô: thû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tuu
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰu²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɖɨʌ/

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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*da/

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

1. to walk back and forth
2. to hesitate; to falter; to be undecided
3. to trample on

Compounds

踟躇 (chíchú) 蹰躇 (chúchú) 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 (chóuchúmǎnzhì) 躕躇／蹰躇 (chúchú)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuò (chuo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄛˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuò
    • Wade–Giles: chʻo⁴
    • Yale: chwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuoh
    • Palladius: чо (čo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰwɔ⁵¹/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tʰrak/

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.

Definitions

躇

1. to overstep; to pass over; to advance out of turn

References

• “躇”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

躇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ちゃく (chaku)
• Kan-on: ちょ (cho)
• Kun: ためらう (tamerau, 躇う)^{←ためらふ (tamerafu, historical)}

Compounds

• 躊躇(ちゅうちょ) (chūcho)
• 躊躇(ためら)う (tamerau)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

躇: Hán Nôm readings: chứa

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