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躇
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falter

HSK 10
Human →Body →Limbs
chú
チョ、チャク
ためら.う
저, 착
Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 著 represents the sound.
Components
足 lower leg+ 著 author/notable =
躇 falter
足 Meaning component
zú lower leg
foot
著 Phonetic component
zhù author/notable
to make known
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Notes
Similar Characters
趴 prostrate oneself趵 noise of tramping feet趸 sell or buy wholesale (simp)趺 sit趼 callous skin on趾 toe趿 slipshod跂 crawling跃 skip (simp)跄 walk rapidly (simp)跆 trample跋 go by foot跌 slump跎 stumble跏 sit cross-legged跐 to trample跑 run跖 foot (simp)跗 the instep跚 stagger
Chinese
躇 [chú]
to hesitate
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (9)
踌躇 [chóu​chú] #26,107
to hesitate
踌躇 [chóu​chú] #26,107
to hesitate
踌躇满志 [chóu​chú​mǎn​zhì] #53,680
enormously proud of one's success (idiom); smug
踌躇满志 [chóu​chú​mǎn​zhì] #53,680
enormously proud of one's success (idiom); smug
踌躇不决 [chóu​chú​bù​jué] #65,386
to hesitate
踌躇不决 [chóu​chú​bù​jué] #65,386
to hesitate
踌躇不前 [chóu​chú​bù​qián]
to hesitate to move forward
踟躇 [chí​chú]
variant of 踟躕|踟蹰[chí​chú]
踌躇不前 [chóu​chú​bù​qián]
to hesitate to move forward
JAPANESE WORDS (7)
⭐ 躊躇 [ちゅうちょ] #3,842
hesitation
⭐ 躊躇う [ためらう] #8,322
to hesitate
躊躇い [ためらい] #10,053
faltering
躊躇いながら [ためらいながら] #42,971
with hesitation
躊躇わずに [ためらわずに] #50,851
without hesitation
ためらい傷 [ためらいきず] #137,112
hesitation mark (scar from a suicide attempt)
躊躇逡巡 [ちゅうちょしゅんじゅん] #208,224
hesitation and vacillation
KOREAN WORDS (1)
주저 #34,255
hesitation