促

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促 U+4FC3, 促
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FC3
← 係
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 俄 →

Translingual

Han character

促 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人口卜人 (ORYO), four-corner 26281, composition ⿰亻足)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 104, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 664
  • Dae Jaweon: page 220, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 161, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+4FC3

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 促

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 促
s05878
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (足) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
足 *ʔsoɡs, *ʔsoɡ
莡 *sʰaːwɢ
捉 *ʔsoːɡ
齪 *sʰroːɡ, *sʰruɡ
娖 *zroːɡ
浞 *zroːɡ
鋜 *zroːɡ
趗 *sʰoːɡ, *sʰoɡ
珿 *sʰruɡ
哫 *ʔsoɡ
促 *sʰoɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰoɡ) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 足 (OC *ʔsoɡs, *ʔsoɡ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Note:
  • chhiok - literary;
  • chhiak/chhek - vernacular (“to shorten the distance; to limply tie a knot”).
Rime
Character 促
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 燭 (8)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 七玉切
Baxter tshjowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡sʰɨok̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡sʰiok̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sʰiok̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sʰuawk̚/
Li
Rong 		/t͡sʰiok̚/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sʰĭwok̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡sʰi̯wok̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		cu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cuk1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 促
Reading # 1/1
No. 17927
Phonetic
component 		足
Rime
group 		屋
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		促
Old
Chinese 		/*sʰoɡ/

Definitions

促

  1. short; hurried; urgent (of time)
  2. to come close to; to become near
    促膝  ―  cùxī  ―  to sit knee to knee
  3. to urge; to promote
  4. (Hokkien) to shorten the distance
  5. (Mainland China Hokkien) to limply tie a knot

Compounds

Descendants

  • → Vietnamese: thúc

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 促 – see 齪 (“cautious; careful; meticulous; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 齪).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 促 – see 蹙 (“to knit; to approach; to close in on; etc.”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 蹙).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji

促

(Jōyō kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: そく (soku, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: しょく (shoku)
  • Kun: うながす (unagasu, 促す, Jōyō)、せまる (semaru, 促る)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
促
そく
Grade: S
goon

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Pronunciation

Noun

促(そく) • (soku) 

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Derived terms
Derived terms

Korean

Hanja

促 (eum 촉 (chok))

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Vietnamese

Han character

促: Hán Nôm readings: xúc, thúc

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References

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