# 趨

| 趨 | U+8DA8, &#36264; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8DA8 |
| ← 趧 [U+8DA7] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 趩 → [U+8DA9] |

## Translingual
### Han character

趨 (Kangxi radical 156, 走+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 土人心山山 (GOPUU), four-corner 4780$_2$, composition ⿺走芻)

#### Derived characters

* 𢹤

#### Related characters

* 趋 (Simplified Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1219, character 30
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37258
* Dae Jaweon: page 1690, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3497, character 3
* Unihan data for U+8DA8

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 趨
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 煼 | *sʰroːʔ |
| 謅 | *sʰroːʔ, *ʔsru, *sʰru |
| 縐 | *sʰroːs, *ʔsrus |
| 鄒 | *ʔsru |
| 騶 | *ʔsru |
| 搊 | *ʔsruʔ, *sʰru, *ʔsro |
| 皺 | *ʔsrus |
| 篘 | *sʰru |
| 㑳 | *zrus, *ʔsro, *rnuːb |
| 趍 | *sʰlo, *l'al |
| 趨 | *sʰlo |
| 芻 | *sʰro |
| 犓 | *sʰro |
| 雛 | *zro |
| 鶵 | *zro |
| 媰 | *zro |
| 齺 | *zroːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰlo) : semantic 走 + phonetic 芻 (OC *sʰro).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qū (qu$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhî
* Eastern Min (BUC): chṳ̆
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhu / chhi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cu$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qū
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cyu
*** Wade–Giles: chʻü$^1$
*** Yale: chyū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiu
*** Palladius: цюй (cjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ceoi$^1$
*** Yale: chēui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cêu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhî
*** Hakka Romanization System: qi$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: qi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: chṳ̆
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰy⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhu
*** Tâi-lô: tshu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhw
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰu³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰu⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi
*** Tâi-lô: tshi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chy
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: cu$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshu
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰu³³/
* Middle Chinese: tshju
Rime :
| Character | 趨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 清 (14) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 七逾切 |
| Baxter | tshju |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡sʰɨo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡sʰio/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sʰio/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sʰuə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡sʰio/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sʰĭu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡sʰi̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qū |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ceoi$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ʰro/
    (Zhengzhang): /*sʰlo/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 趨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | qū |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsrhju › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ts]ʰro/ |
| English | hasten |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 趨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1604 |
| Phonetic component | 芻 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 趨 |
| Old Chinese | /*sʰlo/ |

### Definitions

趨
* to walk quickly; to run
* to hasten; to hurry
* to pursue; to seek
    趨之若鶩／趋之若鹜 ― qūzhīruòwù ― to go after something like a flock of ducks
* to attach (oneself) to; to ingratiate oneself with
    趨炎附勢／趋炎附势 ― qūyánfùshì ― to ingratiate oneself with powerful or influential people
* to tend towards; to approach
    大勢所趨／大势所趋 ― dàshìsuǒqū ― general trend
    日趨惡化／日趋恶化 ― rì qū èhuà ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (historical) to quickly take small steps as a sign of respect

### Compounds

* 一步一趨／一步一趋
* 亦步亦趨／亦步亦趋 (yìbùyìqū)
* 共同趨向／共同趋向
* 大勢所趨／大势所趋 (dàshìsuǒqū)
* 孅趨／孅趋
* 尺步繩趨／尺步绳趋
* 攀龍趨鳳／攀龙趋凤
* 日趨惡劣／日趋恶劣
* 步趨／步趋 (bùqū)
* 歸趨／归趋
* 民心趨向／民心趋向
* 漸趨式微／渐趋式微
* 畫地而趨／画地而趋
* 禹行舜趨／禹行舜趋
* 繩趨尺步／绳趋尺步
* 背本趨末／背本趋末
* 行合趨同／行合趋同
* 趨之若鶩／趋之若鹜 (qūzhīruòwù)
* 趨光性／趋光性
* 趨利／趋利 (qūlì)
* 趨利避害／趋利避害 (qūlìbìhài)
* 趨前退後／趋前退后
* 趨勢／趋势 (qūshì)
* 趨向／趋向 (qūxiàng)
* 趨吉避凶 (qūjíbìxiōng)
* 趨奉／趋奉 (qūfèng)
* 趨庭／趋庭
* 趨承／趋承
* 趨拜／趋拜
* 趨時／趋时 (qūshí)
* 趨時捧勢／趋时捧势
* 趨末背本／趋末背本
* 趨權附勢／趋权附势
* 趨步／趋步
* 趨水性／趋水性
* 趨炎奉勢／趋炎奉势
* 趨炎附勢／趋炎附势 (qūyánfùshì)
* 趨炎附熱／趋炎附热
* 趨熱性／趋热性
* 趨競／趋竞
* 趨緩／趋缓 (qūhuǎn)
* 趨舍／趋舍
* 趨舍指湊／趋舍指凑
* 趨舍異路／趋舍异路
* 趨財慕勢／趋财慕势
* 趨走／趋走
* 趨赴／趋赴 (qūfù)
* 趨趨／趋趋
* 趨蹌／趋跄
* 趨蹡／趋𬧀
* 趨避／趋避
* 趨附／趋附 (qūfù)
* 避凶趨吉
* 長期趨勢／长期趋势
* 阿諛趨奉／阿谀趋奉
* 鳧趨／凫趋
* 鳧趨雀躍／凫趋雀跃

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* to go towards, to run
* to trend, to tend towards

#### Readings

* Go-on: す (su)
* Kan-on: しゅ (shu)
* Kan’yō-on: すう (sū)
* Kun: おもむく (omomuku, 趨く)、はしる (hashiru, 趨る)

## Korean
### Hanja

趨 • (chu, chok) (hangeul 추, 촉)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

趨: Hán Việt readings: xu, xúc
趨: Nôm readings: so, xúc, xu, xô

### References

* Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)