趣

趣 · qù

what attracts one's attention

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

what attracts one's attention

Mandarin
qù
Cantonese
ceoi3

Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.

Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese

Readings recorded for 趣 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.

Japanese 日本語

Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.

On’yomi · katakana

シュシュウソウショクソク

Kun’yomi · hiragana

おもむきうながすおもむく

Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property

シュ シュウ ソウ ショク ソク おもむき うながす おもむく

Korean 한국어

Hanja readings · Hangul

취

Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.

Reading sources explained
취
KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kHangul ↗ · provisional property

취:0E

Vietnamese Tiếng Việt

Character readings · Quốc ngữ

thú

Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kVietnamese ↗ · provisional property

thú

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8DA3
Radical
走 · 156
Strokes
15 · Unihan
Residual
8

Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.

Stroke order

15 strokes
趣
Strokes
15
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

15 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Graphical structure

⿺走取(GHTJPV)
⿺走⿸耳又(K)
How to read these symbols

⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.

BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.

Words & connections

Words using 趣

Character connections

No reverse component match in this collection.

Component roles · attributed

Source analyses, kept separate from modern IDS. CJKVI labels are not individually verified historical conclusions. Evidence & limits ↗

Sentence context · 1 matches

佢哋一啲興趣都冇。

They don't even have the slightest interest.
Source, contributors & licenses

Cantonese: Tatoeba #385617 · Original contributor: nickyeow · Text editors: nickyeow · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log
English: Tatoeba #6403816 · Original contributor: alishalikescats · Text editors: alishalikescats · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log

Source text unchanged. Original contributor and text editors are credited from the source log, separately from the current owner.

Sentence entry · words & provenance ↗
Written-form matches; sense and pronunciation are not automatically aligned. Corpus & selection ↗

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
tshuwX · 蒼苟 反切 · #1973
Middle Chinese
tshjuH · 七句 反切 · #2335

Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.

Source row & reading categories

CSV line 12217 · tshuwX = 流開一上侯清 · tshjuH = 遇合三去虞清

Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗

Sources & reference

Evidence & next depth

Source editions & exact scope ↗
Retained Unihan properties
kMandarin
qù
kCantonese
ceoi3
kDefinition
what attracts one's attention
kTotalStrokes
15
kRSUnicode
156.8
kGradeLevel
2
kTGH
2013:3194

Readings across dictionaries

Hanyu Da Zidian
qù,cù,qū,cǒu,zōu 53490.090
Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
cù 0181.101 · qù 0946.030
Small numbers locate dictionary entries; 粵 introduces Cantonese. Includes rare or historical readings. Source notation ↗

Reference desk

Sentences in context

Explore 1 example using 趣 ↗

Exact source-spelling matches. Open the reader for dictionary lookups, construction notes and related examples. Occurrence does not establish a particular dictionary sense.

Study this character

Structure & connections

0.10
47dictionary records using 趣0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿺ Lower-left enclosure

Shape description
走 wraps around 取 from the lower left · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, North Korea, Vietnam
Source notation ^⿺走取$(GHTJPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿺走取$(GHTJPV)

^⿺走⿸耳又$(K)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.