趣

趣 (Kangxi radical 156, 走+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 土人尸十水 (GOSJE), four-corner 4180₄, composition ⿺走取)

• 𫋦

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1218, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37207
• Dae Jaweon: page 1689, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3490, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8DA3

Historical forms of the character 趣
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰloːʔ, *sʰlos): semantic 走 (“walk”) + phonetic 取 (OC *sʰloːʔ, *sʰloʔ) – to hasten (walking) towards an object of interest.

趣

1. interest; delight
2. interesting; amusing
3. aspiration and interests; inclination
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) objective; purport; intention
5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) action; conduct
6. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) charm; appeal
7. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 取 (qǔ, “to desire; to seek”)

   • 五曰趣舍滑心，使性飛揚。
     五曰趣舍滑心，使性飞扬。

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Wǔ yuē qǔshě gǔ xīn, shǐ xìng fēiyáng.

     The fifth is their preferences and dislikes, which unsettle the mind, and cause the nature to go flying about.

8. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 取 (qǔ, “merely; only”)

   • 人生衣趣以覆寒露，食趣以塞飢乏耳。
     人生衣趣以覆寒露，食趣以塞饥乏耳。

     From: 《顏氏家訓·止足》

     Rénshēng yī qǔ yǐ fù hánlù, shí qǔ yǐ sài jīfá ěr.

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

9. a surname

趣

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 促 (cù, “to urge; to hasten; to press; hurriedly; hastily”)

趣

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 趨 / 趋 (qū, “to run forward; to incline to; to lean forward”)

趣

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 趣馬／趣马 (“master of horse”)

趣

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 掫 (“to go on night patrol and sound the night watches”)

• “趣”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jōyō kanji)

1. purport, gist
2. taste, elegance
3. appearance

• Go-on: す (su)、そく (soku)
• Kan-on: しゅ (shu, Jōyō)、しょく (shoku)
• On: そう (sō)
• Kun: おもむき (omomuki, 趣, Jōyō)、おもむく (omomuku, 趣く)、うながす (unagasu, 趣す)

連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 趣(おもむ)く (omomuku).

• (Tokyo) おもむき (Heiban – )
• IPA^(key):

趣(おもむき) • (omomuki) 

1. general appearance

趣 • (chwi, chuk) (hangeul 취, 축, revised chwi, chuk, McCune–Reischauer ch'wi, ch'uk, Yale chwi, chwuk)

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趣: Hán Nôm readings: thú, xú

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