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Self-Satisfied Hesitate

HSK 10
Human →Body →Limbs
chóu
チュウ、チュ、シュウ、ジュ
ためら.う
주
Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 壽 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (躊)
足 lower leg+ 壽 longevity =
躊 Self-Satisfied Hesitate
足 Meaning component
zú lower leg
foot
壽 Phonetic component
longevity
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Simplified (踌)
足 lower leg+ 寿 old =
踌 hesitate
足 Meaning component
zú lower leg
foot
寿 Phonetic component
shòu old
old age, long life
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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
踌 / 躊 [chóu]
to pace back and forth; to hesitate; to waver
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (5)
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
踌躇不决 [chóu​chú​bù​jué] #65,386
to hesitate
踌躇不前 [chóu​chú​bù​qián]
to hesitate to move forward
踌蹰 [chóu​chú]
variant of 躊躇|踌躇[chóu​chú]
JAPANESE WORDS (8)
⭐ 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)
蹲む [つくなむ] #148,735
to squat
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