趨

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See also: 趋
趨 U+8DA8, 趨
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8DA8
← 趧
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 趩 →

Translingual

Han character

趨 (Kangxi radical 156, 走+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 土人心山山 (GOPUU), four-corner 47802, composition ⿺走芻)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1219, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37258
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1690, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3497, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+8DA8

Chinese

trad. 趨
simp. 趋
alternative forms
趍
騶／驺
趣
𧻫
𧻬
趍
騶／驺
趣
𧻫
𧻬
𨃘
𧼜
 

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 趨
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (芻) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
煼 *sʰroːʔ
謅 *sʰroːʔ, *ʔsru, *sʰru
縐 *sʰroːs, *ʔsrus
鄒 *ʔsru
騶 *ʔsru
搊 *ʔsruʔ, *sʰru, *ʔsro
皺 *ʔsrus
篘 *sʰru
㑳 *zrus, *ʔsro, *rnuːb
趍 *sʰlo, *l'al
趨 *sʰlo
芻 *sʰro
犓 *sʰro
雛 *zro
鶵 *zro
媰 *zro
齺 *zroːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰlo) : semantic 走 + phonetic 芻 (OC *sʰro).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 趨
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 虞 (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 七逾切
Baxter tshju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡sʰɨo/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡sʰio/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sʰio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sʰuə̆/
Li
Rong 		/t͡sʰio/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sʰĭu/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡sʰi̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ceoi1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 趨
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		qū
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tsrhju ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ʰro/
English hasten

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 趨
Reading # 1/1
No. 1604
Phonetic
component 		芻
Rime
group 		侯
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		趨
Old
Chinese 		/*sʰlo/

Definitions

趨

  1. to walk quickly; to run
  2. to hasten; to hurry
  3. to pursue; to seek
    趨之若鶩／趋之若鹜  ―  qūzhīruòwù  ―  to go after something like a flock of ducks
  4. to attach (oneself) to; to ingratiate oneself with
    趨炎附勢／趋炎附势  ―  qūyánfùshì  ―  to ingratiate oneself with powerful or influential people
  5. to tend towards; to approach
    大勢所趨／大势所趋  ―  dàshìsuǒqū  ―  general trend
    日趨惡化／日趋恶化  ―  rì qū èhuà  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  6. (historical) to quickly take small steps as a sign of respect

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

趨

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. to go towards, to run
  2. to trend, to tend towards

Readings

  • Go-on: す (su)
  • Kan-on: しゅ (shu)
  • Kan’yō-on: すう (sū)
  • Kun: おもむく (omomuku, 趨く)、はしる (hashiru, 趨る)

Korean

Hanja

趨 • (chu, chok) (hangeul 추, 촉)

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Vietnamese

Han character

趨: Hán Việt readings: xu, xúc
趨: Nôm readings: so, xúc, xu, xô

References

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