蹙

蹙 U+8E59, 蹙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8E59 ← 蹘 [U+8E58] CJK Unified Ideographs 蹚 → [U+8E5A]

Translingual

Han character

蹙 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 戈火口卜人 (IFRYO), four-corner 5380₁, composition ⿱戚足)

1. urgent, suddenly
2. grieve, lament

Derived characters

• 𡄱 𭟣 㰗 𰯫 䙯 𦇰 𩖑

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1232, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37790
• Dae Jaweon: page 1704, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3733, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8E59

Chinese

trad.		蹙
simp. #		蹙
2nd round simp.		促
alternative forms		顣／𫖹 踧 蹴 𭽭 𮙖 顣／𫖹 踧 蹴 𭽭 𮙖 𭟣 𩖑

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (尗) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
椒	*ʔsliw
茮	*ʔsliw
踧	*l'ɯːwɢ, *ʔslɯwɢ
蔋	*l'ɯːwɢ
惄	*nɯːwɢ
戚	*sʰlɯːwɢ
慼	*sʰlɯːwɢ
鏚	*sʰlɯːwɢ
慽	*sʰlɯːwɢ
磩	*sʰlɯːwɢ
寂	*zlɯːwɢ
嘁	*ʔsluːb
墄	*sʰlɯːɡ
摵	*srɯːɡ, *ʔslɯwɢ, *srɯwɢ
督	*ʔl'uːwɢ
錖	*ʔl'uːwɢ
裻	*ʔl'uːwɢ, *sluːwɢ
傶	*ʔslɯːwɢ
蹙	*ʔslɯwɢ
槭	*ʔslɯwɢ
縬	*ʔslɯwɢ, *ʔsrɯwɢ
顣	*ʔslɯwɢ
敊	*l̥ʰɯwɢ
琡	*ʔljɯwɢ, *l̥ʰjɯwɢ
俶	*l̥ʰjɯwɢ
埱	*l̥ʰjɯwɢ
淑	*ɦljɯwɢ
婌	*ɦljɯwɢ
尗	*hljɯwɢ
叔	*hljɯwɢ
掓	*hljɯwɢ
菽	*hljɯwɢ
鮛	*hljɯwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cù (cu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹ / cuk¹
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cor⁵ / corⁿ⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiok
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷tsoq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cù
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cù
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻu⁴
    • Yale: tsù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuh
    • Palladius: цу (cu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zuk¹ / cuk¹
    • Yale: jūk / chūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷ / tsuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug¹ / cug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵/, /t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: cor⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɒ²¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: corⁿ⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɒ̃²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiok
    • Tâi-lô: tshiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷tsoq
    • MiniDict: tsoh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴tsoq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡soʔ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjuwk

Rime
Character	蹙
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	子六切
Baxter	tsjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡suwk̚/
Li Rong	/t͡siuk̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭuk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zuk1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔslɯwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蹙
Reading #	1/1
No.	11744
Phonetic component	尗
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	蹙
Old Chinese	/*ʔslɯwɢ/

Definitions

蹙

1. to knit (one's brows)

   • 不由得蹙起眉頭 [MSC, trad.]
     不由得蹙起眉头 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1955, 金庸 (Jin Yong), 《書劍恩仇錄》 (The Book and the Sword)

     bùyóudé cù qǐ méitóu [Pinyin]

     [he] could not help but knit his brows

2. to approach; to close in on
3. to force; to compel
4. to shrink; to contract
5. urgent; critical
6. Alternative form of 蹴 (“to tread on; to kick”)

Synonyms

(to urge):

Dialectal synonyms of 催 (“to urge (someone to do something)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		催
Cantonese	Guangzhou	催
	Hong Kong	催
Southern Min	Shantou (Chaoyang)	勸
Wu	Shanghai	催

Compounds

• 刺蹙
• 力蹙勢窮 / 力蹙势穷
• 嚬蹙 / 𫫾蹙
• 困蹙
• 悄悄蹙蹙
• 愁蹙
• 排蹙
• 掩鼻蹙頞 / 掩鼻蹙𱂨
• 攢眉蹙鼻 / 攒眉蹙鼻
• 攢蹙 / 攒蹙
• 疾首蹙頞 / 疾首蹙𱂨
• 疾首蹙額 / 疾首蹙额
• 發蹙 / 发蹙
• 皺眉蹙眼 / 皱眉蹙眼
• 眉蹙春山
• 窘蹙
• 窮蹙 / 穷蹙
• 計窮勢蹙 / 计穷势蹙
• 跼蹙
• 蹙國喪師 / 蹙国丧师
• 蹙然
• 蹙眉 (cùméi)
• 蹙眉長歎 / 蹙眉长叹
• 蹙竦
• 蹙踖
• 蹙蹐
• 蹙迫
• 蹙金
• 蹙頞 / 蹙𱂨
• 蹙額 / 蹙额 (cù'é)
• 蹙額愁眉 / 蹙额愁眉
• 蹙額顰眉 / 蹙额颦眉
• 轢蹙 / 轹蹙
• 顰眉蹙額 / 颦眉蹙额
• 顰蹙 / 颦蹙 (píncù)
• 龍蹙虎振 / 龙蹙虎振

 

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “蹙”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 107.

Japanese

Kanji

蹙

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. knitting one's brows

Readings

• Go-on: すく (suku)
• Kan-on: しゅく (shuku)
• Kun: せまる (semaru, 蹙まる)、しじかむ (shijikamu, 蹙む)

Korean

Hanja

蹙 • (chuk) (hangeul 축, revised chuk, McCune–Reischauer ch'uk, Yale chwuk)

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