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U+4FC3, 促
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FC3

[U+4FC2]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4FC4]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 9, +7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人口卜人 (ORYO), four-corner 26281, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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

Chinese

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simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *sʰoɡ) : semantic + phonetic (OC *ʔsoɡs, *ʔsoɡ).

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Note:
  • chhiok - literary;
  • chhiak/chhek - vernacular (“to shorten the distance; to limply tie a knot”).

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (14)
Final () (8)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter tshjowk
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cuk1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 17927
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sʰoɡ/

Definitions

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  1. short; hurried; urgent (of time)
  2. to come close to; to become near
      ―    ―  to sit knee to knee
  3. to urge; to promote
  4. (Hokkien) to shorten the distance
  5. (Mainland China Hokkien) to limply tie a knot

Compounds

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Descendants

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  • Vietnamese: thúc

Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“cautious; careful; meticulous; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Etymology 3

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to knit; to approach; to close in on; etc.”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of ).
Notes:

Japanese

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Kanji

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(Jōyō kanji)

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Readings

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  • Go-on: そく (soku, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: しょく (shoku)
  • Kun: うながす (unagasu, 促す, Jōyō)せまる (semaru, 促る)

Etymology

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Kanji in this term
そく
Grade: S
goon

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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(そく) (soku

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Derived terms
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Korean

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Hanja

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(eum (chok))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: xúc, thúc

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References

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