蹰

See also: 躕

蹰 U+8E70, 蹰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8E70 ← 蹯 [U+8E6F] CJK Unified Ideographs 蹱 → [U+8E71]

Translingual

Han character

蹰 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 口一一一戈 (RMMMI), composition ⿰𧾷厨)

1. hesitate, waver, falter

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1233, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37868
• Dae Jaweon: page 1705, character 37
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3738, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8E70

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蹰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chú (chu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyu⁴

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyu⁴
    • Yale: chyùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: drju

Rime
Character	蹰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	直誅切
Baxter	drju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖio/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖuə̆/
Li Rong	/ȡio/
Wang Li	/ȡĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyu4

Definitions

蹰

1. to walk back and forth; to hesitate

Compounds

• 踟蹰 (chíchú)
• 蹰躇 (chúchú)

 

Japanese

Kanji

蹰

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しゅう (shū)
• Kun: ためらう (tamerau)

Korean

Hanja

蹰 • (ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune–Reischauer chu, Yale cwu)

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