趣

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 走 (“walk”) + phonetic 取 – to hasten (walking) towards an object of interest.

Han character

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

1. what attracts one's attention
2. interesting
3. to interest

References

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

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		趣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qù (qu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi³, cuk¹, cau², ceoi¹
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): chhi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: qù
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˋ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ü⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiw
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi³, cuk¹, cau², ceoi¹
    • Yale: cheui, chūk, cháu, chēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoei³, tsuk⁷, tsau², tsoei¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰɵy̯³³/, /t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/, /t͡sʰɐu̯³⁵/, /t͡ɕʰɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhi
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (趣, reconstructed)
Character (趣), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 清 (14) Final: 侯 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 蒼苟切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/t͡sʰəuX/	/t͡sʰə̯uX/	/t͡sʰuX/	/t͡sʰəuX/	/t͡sʰəwX/	/t͡sʰəuX/	/t͡sʰəuX/
Character (趣), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 清 (14) Final: 虞 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 七句切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/t͡sʰɨoH/	/t͡sʰi̯uH/	/t͡sʰioH/	/t͡sʰioH/	/t͡sʰuə̆H/	/t͡sʰĭuH/	/t͡sʰioH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (趣, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
趣					10625					取					侯					0										/*sʰloːʔ/
趣					10657					取					侯					0					娶					/*sʰlos/

Definitions

趣

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Japanese

Kanji

趣

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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

Readings

• On: しゅ (shu), そく (soku), そう (sō)
• Kun: おもむき (omomuki), おもむく (omomuku), うながす (unagasu)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

趣 (thú, xú)

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