趣 · qù
what attracts one's attention
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
Kun’yomi · hiragana
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.
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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
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
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Reading sources explained
- 취
- KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
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.
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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 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
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
- 取 sound component · CJKVI analysis
Source analysis · 取聲
Line 4393 · ⿺走取 · 取聲 · source reference 0260040
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。
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.
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
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
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- qù 309.020
- Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
- qù(168)
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- qù粵ceoi3
Reference desk
- Fanqie spellings
- 蒼苟 七句
- Kangxi positions
- 1218.350
- Guangyun positions
- 327.47 366.22
- GSR references
- 0131g
- Cangjie
- GOSJE
- Four-corner
- 4180.4