躇

躇 · chú

hesitate, falter, be undecided

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
chú
Cantonese
cyu4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

hesitate, falter, be undecided

Dictionary definitions & readings

躇 chú · used in 躊躇 chóu chú

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
63732.140:chú,chuò Source property ↗
XDHYPLCD · reading counts
chú(24) Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0159.040:chú Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
050.070:chú Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
chú粵cyu4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
チャク チョ ジョ ためらう Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
저:0N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
chứa Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
直魚 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
RMTJA Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
6416.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1234.410 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
070.25 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0045o' Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8E87
Radical
足 · 157
Strokes
18
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6332

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

18 strokes
躇
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
drjo · 直魚 · 遇開三平魚澄 · #243

PHONO-ML, source line 2071; 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
1295.101
kCowles
595.5
kDaeJaweon
1707.150
kFennIndex
98.06
kGSR
0045o'
kHanYu
63732.140
kIRGDaeJaweon
1707.150
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
63732.140
kIRGKangXi
1234.410
kKangXi
1234.410
kMatthews
1398
kMorohashi
37925:E0102
kNelson
4585
kSBGY
070.25
kSMSZD2003Index
681.10
kCangjie
RMTJA
kFenn
192K
kFourCornerCode
6416.4
kGradeLevel
6
kHKGlyph
4010
kMojiJoho
MJ025461 MJ025461:E0101 MJ025462:E0102 MJ025463:E0103
kPhonetic
264
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-3379
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C3DC
kIRG_JSource
J0-6D30
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-E7BA
kIRG_KSource
K0-6E4E
kIRG_TSource
T1-7929
kIRG_VSource
V1-6860
kRSUnicode
157.13
kTotalStrokes
18
kBigFive
C3DC
kCCCII
215B25
kCNS1986
1-7929
kCNS1992
1-7929
kEACC
215B25
kGB0
1989
kGB1
1989
kJis0
7716
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
6484
kTGH
2013:6332
kTaiwanTelegraph
6484
kXerox
270:334
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6831+157.7.12
kCantonese
cyu4
kDefinition
hesitate, falter, be undecided
kFanqie
直魚
kHangul
저:0N
kHanyuPinlu
chú(24)
kHanyuPinyin
63732.140:chú,chuò
kJapanese
チャク チョ ジョ ためらう
kJapaneseKun
TAMERAU
kJapaneseOn
CHO CHAKU
kKorean
CE CHAK
kMandarin
chú
kSMSZD2003Readings
chú粵cyu4
kTGHZ2013
050.070:chú
kTang
djhiu
kVietnamese
chứa
kXHC1983
0159.040:chú

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
6dictionary records using 躇0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
𧾷 beside 著 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿰𧾷著$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰𧾷著$(GHTJKPV)

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