促

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 亻 ‎(“man”) (form of 人) + phonetic 足. For stroke order, see 足.

Han character

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

1. urge, press, hurry
2. close, intimate

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		促

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cù (cu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cuk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: cù
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨˋ
    • Wade-Giles: ts'u⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuh
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cuk¹
    • Yale: chūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsuk⁷
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡sʰɨok̚/▼

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰiok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰuawk̚/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiok̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭwok̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cu

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰoɡ/

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

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Japanese

Kanji

促

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On: そく (soku)
• Kun: うながす (unagasu), せまる (semaru)

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Korean

Hanja

促 • ‎(chok) (hangeul 촉, revised chok, McCune-Reischauer ch'ok)

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Vietnamese

Han character

促 (xúc, thúc)

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References

• Nom Foundation