蹙

蹙 · cù

urgent, suddenly; grieve, lament

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
cù
Cantonese
cuk1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

urgent, suddenly; grieve, lament

Dictionary definitions & readings

蹙 cù · to knit (one's brows); wrinkled (of brows); to hesitate; distressed

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
63733.090:cù Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0181.080:cù Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
057.140:cù Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
cù粵cuk1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
シュク セキ シャク せまる Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
축:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
子六 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
IFRYO Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
5380.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1232.060 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
457.11 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1031t Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8E59
Radical
足 · 157
Strokes
18
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6324

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

18 strokes
蹙
Strokes
18
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

18 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.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
tsjuwk · 子六 · 通開三入東精 · #3215

PHONO-ML, source line 16516; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1293.508
kDaeJaweon
1704.080
kFennIndex
558.10
kGSR
1031t
kHanYu
63733.090
kIRGDaeJaweon
1704.080
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
63733.090
kIRGKangXi
1232.060
kKangXi
1232.060
kMatthews
6843
kMeyerWempe
3494a
kMorohashi
37790
kNelson
0254
kSBGY
457.11
kSMSZD2003Index
680.09
kCangjie
IFRYO
kFenn
123H
kFourCornerCode
5380.1
kHKGlyph
4005
kMojiJoho
MJ025412
kPhonetic
175
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJHKP
kIRG_GSource
G0-753E
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C2D9
kIRG_JSource
J0-6D26
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-EED1
kIRG_KSource
K0-756C
kIRG_TSource
T1-7744
kRSUnicode
157.11
kTotalStrokes
18
kBigFive
C2D9
kCCCII
215A79
kCNS1986
1-7744
kCNS1992
1-7744
kEACC
215A79
kGB0
8530
kGB1
8530
kJis0
7706
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
6464
kTGH
2013:6324
kTaiwanTelegraph
6464
kXerox
267:120
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6821+157.7.11
kCantonese
cuk1
kDefinition
urgent, suddenly; grieve, lament
kFanqie
子六
kHangul
축:0N
kHanyuPinyin
63733.090:cù
kJapanese
シュク セキ シャク せまる
kJapaneseKun
SEMARU
kJapaneseOn
SHUKU SEKI
kKorean
CHWUK
kMandarin
cù
kSMSZD2003Readings
cù粵cuk1
kTGHZ2013
057.140:cù
kTang
tziuk
kXHC1983
0181.080:cù

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 蹙0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
戚 above 足 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱戚足$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱戚足$(GHTJKP)

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