# 措

| 措 | U+63AA, &#25514; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63AA |
| ← 掩 [U+63A9] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 掫 → [U+63AB] |

## Translingual
### Han character

措 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手廿日 (QTA), four-corner 5406$_1$, composition ⿰扌昔)

#### Derived characters

* 簎 𨝨

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 439, character 10
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12286
* Dae Jaweon: page 790, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1891, character 3
* Unihan data for U+63AA

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 措
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 借 | *ʔsjaːɡs, *ʔsjaːɡ |
| 唶 | *ʔsjaːɡs |
| 藉 | *zjaːɡs, *zjaːɡ |
| 躤 | *zjaːɡs |
| 蜡 | *zraːɡs, *sʰaːɡs |
| 齰 | *zraːɡs, *zraːɡ |
| 醋 | *sʰaːɡs |
| 錯 | *sʰaːɡs, *sʰaːɡ |
| 措 | *sʰaːɡs |
| 厝 | *sʰaːɡs, *sʰaːɡ |
| 逪 | *sʰaːɡ |
| 剒 | *sʰaːɡ |
| 鵲 | *sʰaɡ |
| 碏 | *sʰaɡ |
| 踖 | *sʰaɡ, *ʔsjaːɡ, *zjaːɡ |
| 趞 | *sʰaɡ |
| 皵 | *sʰaɡ, *sʰjaːɡ |
| 舄 | *sʰjaːɡ, *sʰaɡ, *sjaːɡ, *sjaːɡ |
| 斮 | *ʔsraɡ, *ʔsraːɡ |
| 簎 | *zraːwɢ, *sʰraːɡ, *zjaːɡ |
| 諎 | *ʔsraːɡ |
| 矠 | *sʰreːɡ, *zreːɡ |
| 庴 | *ʔsjaːɡ, *zjaːɡ |
| 籍 | *zjaːɡ |
| 耤 | *zjaːɡ |
| 猎 | *zjaːɡ |
| 昔 | *sjaːɡ |
| 惜 | *sjaːɡ |
| 腊 | *sjaːɡ |
| 焟 | *sjaːɡ |
| 棤 | *sjaːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰaːɡs) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 昔 (OC *sjaːɡ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cuò (cuo$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄛˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cou$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhu
* Eastern Min (BUC): chó
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhò͘ / chhò
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cu$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cuò
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cuò
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻo$^4$
*** Yale: tswò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuoh
*** Palladius: цо (co)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cou$^3$
*** Yale: chou
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsou$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cou$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰou̯³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhu
*** Hakka Romanization System: cu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: chó
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰou²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhò͘ / chhò
*** Tâi-lô: tshòo / tshò
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhox, zhoix
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰɔ²¹/, /t͡sʰo²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔ⁴¹/, /t͡sʰo⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔ²¹/, /t͡sʰo²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰɔ¹¹/, /t͡sʰo¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɔ²¹/, /t͡sʰɤ²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: cu$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshù
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰu²¹³/
* Middle Chinese: tshuH
Rime :
| Character | 措 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 清 (14) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 倉故切 |
| Baxter | tshuH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡sʰuo$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡sʰuo$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sʰo$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sʰɔ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡sʰo$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sʰu$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡sʰuo$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | cù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cou$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ]ˤak-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*sʰaːɡs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 措 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | cuò |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tshu$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[tsʰ]ˁak-s/ |
| English | place (v.) |
| 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 | 措 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13277 |
| Phonetic component | 昔 |
| Rime group | 暮 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 厝 |
| Old Chinese | /*sʰaːɡs/ |

### Definitions

措
* to place; to put in order; to arrange
* to employ; to administer
* to collect; to measure
* to make plans
* to move; to act; to conduct
* wording

### Compounds

* 不知所措 (bùzhīsuǒcuò)
* 倉皇失措／仓皇失措
* 倉皇無措／仓皇无措
* 因應措施／因应措施
* 失措 (shīcuò)
* 寒酸措大
* 張皇失措／张皇失措
* 彷徨失措
* 徬徨失措
* 惶惶無措／惶惶无措
* 慌忙無措／慌忙无措 (huāngmáng wúcuò)
* 手腳無措／手脚无措
* 手足失措
* 手足無措／手足无措 (shǒuzúwúcuò)
* 措不及防
* 措大
* 措意 (cuòyì)
* 措手 (cuòshǒu)
* 措手不及 (cuòshǒubùjí)
* 措手不迭
* 措支剌
* 措施 (cuòshī)
* 措置 (cuòzhì)
* 措置乖方
* 措置有方
* 措詞／措词 (cuòcí)
* 措辦／措办
* 措辭／措辞 (cuòcí)
* 措顏無地／措颜无地
* 未知所措
* 束手無措／束手无措
* 無措／无措 (wúcuò)
* 窮措大／穷措大
* 籌措／筹措 (chóucuò)
* 罔知所措
* 舉措／举措 (jǔcuò)
* 舉止失措／举止失措
* 舉直措枉／举直措枉
* 莫措手足
* 莫知所措
* 設張舉措／设张举措
* 遣辭措意／遣辞措意
* 靡知所措
* 風措／风措
* 驚惶失措／惊惶失措 (jīnghuáng shīcuò)
* 驚慌失措／惊慌失措 (jīnghuāngshīcuò)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* to put, to place
* to act, to conduct

#### Readings

* Go-on: す (su)
* Kan-on: そ (so, Jōyō)
* Kun: おく (oku, 措く)

## Korean
### Hanja

措 • (jo, chaek) (hangeul 조, 책, revised jo, chaek, McCune–Reischauer cho, ch'aek, Yale co, chayk)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

措: Hán Nôm readings: thố, số, thá, thó, láp, thò
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