躅

躅 · zhú

walk carefully; hesitate, falter

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
zhú
Cantonese
zuk6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

walk carefully; hesitate, falter

Dictionary definitions & readings

躅 zhú · used in 躑躅 zhí zhú

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
63744.030:zhú,zhuó Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1509.020:zhú Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
484.150:zhú Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
zhú粵zuk6 zhuó粵zuk6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
チョク タク ジク ジョク Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
촉:1N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
sộc trọc trục xộc Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
直録 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
RMWLI Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
6612.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1234.320 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
462.36 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1224h Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8E85
Radical
足 · 157
Strokes
20
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6429

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

20 strokes
躅
Strokes
20
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

20 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
drjowk · 直録 · 通開三入鍾澄 · #3252

PHONO-ML, source line 16696; 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
1294.604
kCowles
2950
kDaeJaweon
1707.080
kGSR
1224h
kHanYu
63744.030
kIRGDaeJaweon
1707.080
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
63744.030
kIRGKangXi
1234.320
kKangXi
1234.320
kMatthews
1388
kMeyerWempe
404c 2123
kMorohashi
37917
kNelson
4590 4600
kSBGY
462.36
kSMSZD2003Index
682.05
kCangjie
RMWLI
kFourCornerCode
6612.7
kHKGlyph
4015
kMojiJoho
MJ025459
kPhonetic
1264
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGTJHM
kIRG_GSource
G0-756E
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C4BD
kIRG_JSource
J0-6D31
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-7BAB
kIRG_KSource
K1-702B
kIRG_TSource
T1-7A48
kIRG_VSource
V0-453F
kRSUnicode
157.13
kTotalStrokes
20
kBigFive
C4BD
kCCCII
215B27
kCNS1986
1-7A48
kCNS1992
1-7A48
kEACC
215B27
kGB0
8578
kGB1
8578
kJis0
7717
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
6483
kTGH
2013:6429
kTaiwanTelegraph
6483
kXerox
273:332
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6832+157.7.13
kCantonese
zuk6
kDefinition
walk carefully; hesitate, falter
kFanqie
直録
kHangul
촉:1N
kHanyuPinyin
63744.030:zhú,zhuó
kJapanese
チョク タク ジク ジョク
kJapaneseKun
FUMU ATO
kJapaneseOn
CHOKU TAKU
kKorean
CHOK
kMandarin
zhú
kSMSZD2003Readings
zhú粵zuk6 zhuó粵zuk6
kTGHZ2013
484.150:zhú
kVietnamese
sộc trọc trục xộc
kXHC1983
1509.020:zhú
kSemanticVariant
U+4831<kMatthews

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 躅0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰𧾷蜀$(GHTJKPV)

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