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abrupt

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Mammals
cù
ソツ
にわか
졸
Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 卒 represents the sound.
Components
犭 dog (side)+ 卒 foot soldier =
猝 abrupt
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog (side)
dog
犭 is a component form of 犬.
卒 Phonetic component
zú foot soldier
variant of 卒[zú]
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Notes
Similar Characters
犯 criminal犰 armadillo犴 a wild dog犷 rude (simp)犸 mammoth (simp)犹 similar (simp)狁 a tribe of狂 crazy狃 to covet狄 tribe from northern china狈 animal (simp)狉 fox-cub狍 species狎 be familiar with狐 fox狒 baboon狗 dog狙 an ape狞 ferocious appearance (simp)狠 ruthless
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
猝
Regular
Modern
Chinese
猝 [cù]
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (10)
猝死 [cù​sǐ] #27,315
sudden death (in medicine, sporting competitions etc)
猝不及防 [cù​bù​jí​fáng] #53,658
to be caught off guard
猝然 [cù​rán] #61,466
suddenly
仓猝 [cāng​cù] #53,595
variant of 倉促|仓促[cāng​cù]
仓猝 [cāng​cù] #53,595
variant of 倉促|仓促[cāng​cù]
匆猝 [cōng​cù] #75,731
hurried
婴儿猝死综合症 [yīng​'ér​cù​sǐ​zōng​hé​zhèng]
sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
婴儿猝死综合症 [yīng​'ér​cù​sǐ​zōng​hé​zhèng]
sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
猝发 [cù​fā]
abrupt
猝发 [cù​fā]
abrupt