趨

See also: 趋

趨 U+8DA8, 趨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8DA8 ← 趧 [U+8DA7] CJK Unified Ideographs 趩 → [U+8DA9]

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

• 𢹤

Related characters

• 趋 (Simplified Chinese)

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qū (qu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhî
• Eastern Min (BUC): chṳ̆
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhu / chhi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qū
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü¹
    • Yale: chyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiu
    • Palladius: цюй (cjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ceoi¹
    • Yale: chēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhî
    • Hakka Romanization System: qi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chṳ̆
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰy⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhu
    • Tâi-lô: tshu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰu³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰu⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi
    • Tâi-lô: tshi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tshju

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

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ʰro/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰlo/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	趨
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qū
Middle Chinese	‹ tsrhju ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ʰro/
English	hasten
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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

• 一步一趨 / 一步一趋
• 亦步亦趨 / 亦步亦趋 (yìbùyìqū)
• 共同趨向 / 共同趋向
• 大勢所趨 / 大势所趋 (dàshìsuǒqū)
• 孅趨 / 孅趋
• 尺步繩趨 / 尺步绳趋
• 攀龍趨鳳 / 攀龙趋凤
• 日趨惡劣 / 日趋恶劣
• 步趨 / 步趋 (bùqū)
• 歸趨 / 归趋
• 民心趨向 / 民心趋向
• 漸趨式微 / 渐趋式微
• 畫地而趨 / 画地而趋
• 禹行舜趨 / 禹行舜趋
• 繩趨尺步 / 绳趋尺步
• 背本趨末 / 背本趋末
• 行合趨同 / 行合趋同
• 趨之若鶩 / 趋之若鹜 (qūzhīruòwù)
• 趨光性 / 趋光性
• 趨利 / 趋利 (qūlì)
• 趨利避害 / 趋利避害 (qūlìbìhài)
• 趨前退後 / 趋前退后
• 趨勢 / 趋势 (qūshì)
• 趨向 / 趋向 (qūxiàng)
• 趨吉避凶 (qūjíbìxiōng)
• 趨奉 / 趋奉 (qūfèng)
• 趨庭 / 趋庭
• 趨承 / 趋承
• 趨拜 / 趋拜
• 趨時 / 趋时 (qūshí)
• 趨時捧勢 / 趋时捧势
• 趨末背本 / 趋末背本
• 趨權附勢 / 趋权附势
• 趨步 / 趋步
• 趨水性 / 趋水性
• 趨炎奉勢 / 趋炎奉势
• 趨炎附勢 / 趋炎附势 (qūyánfùshì)
• 趨炎附熱 / 趋炎附热
• 趨熱性 / 趋热性
• 趨競 / 趋竞
• 趨緩 / 趋缓 (qūhuǎn)
• 趨舍 / 趋舍
• 趨舍指湊 / 趋舍指凑
• 趨舍異路 / 趋舍异路
• 趨財慕勢 / 趋财慕势
• 趨走 / 趋走
• 趨赴 / 趋赴 (qūfù)
• 趨趨 / 趋趋
• 趨蹌 / 趋跄
• 趨蹡 / 趋𬧀
• 趨避 / 趋避
• 趨附 / 趋附 (qūfù)
• 避凶趨吉
• 長期趨勢 / 长期趋势
• 阿諛趨奉 / 阿谀趋奉
• 鳧趨 / 凫趋
• 鳧趨雀躍 / 凫趋雀跃

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

• Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)