# 蹙

| 蹙 | U+8E59, &#36441; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8E59 |
| ← 蹘 [U+8E58] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蹚 → [U+8E5A] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蹙 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 戈火口卜人 (IFRYO), four-corner 5380$_1$, composition ⿱戚足)
* urgent, suddenly
* grieve, lament

#### Derived characters

* 𡄱 𭟣 㰗 𰯫 䙯 𦇰 𩖑

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1232, character 6
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37790
* Dae Jaweon: page 1704, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3733, character 9
* Unihan data for U+8E59

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 椒 | *ʔsliw |
| 茮 | *ʔsliw |
| 踧 | *l'ɯːwɢ, *ʔslɯwɢ |
| 蔋 | *l'ɯːwɢ |
| 惄 | *nɯːwɢ |
| 戚 | *sʰlɯːwɢ |
| 慼 | *sʰlɯːwɢ |
| 鏚 | *sʰlɯːwɢ |
| 慽 | *sʰlɯːwɢ |
| 磩 | *sʰlɯːwɢ |
| 寂 | *zlɯːwɢ |
| 嘁 | *ʔsluːb |
| 墄 | *sʰlɯːɡ |
| 摵 | *srɯːɡ, *ʔslɯwɢ, *srɯwɢ |
| 督 | *ʔl'uːwɢ |
| 錖 | *ʔl'uːwɢ |
| 裻 | *ʔl'uːwɢ, *sluːwɢ |
| 傶 | *ʔslɯːwɢ |
| 蹙 | *ʔslɯwɢ |
| 槭 | *ʔslɯwɢ |
| 縬 | *ʔslɯwɢ, *ʔsrɯwɢ |
| 顣 | *ʔslɯwɢ |
| 敊 | *l̥ʰɯwɢ |
| 琡 | *ʔljɯwɢ, *l̥ʰjɯwɢ |
| 俶 | *l̥ʰjɯwɢ |
| 埱 | *l̥ʰjɯwɢ |
| 淑 | *ɦljɯwɢ |
| 婌 | *ɦljɯwɢ |
| 尗 | *hljɯwɢ |
| 叔 | *hljɯwɢ |
| 掓 | *hljɯwɢ |
| 菽 | *hljɯwɢ |
| 鮛 | *hljɯwɢ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cù (cu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk$^1$ / cuk$^1$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cor$^5$ / corⁿ$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiok
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$tsoq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cù
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cù
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻu$^4$
*** Yale: tsù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuh
*** Palladius: цу (cu)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰu⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zuk$^1$ / cuk$^1$
*** Yale: jūk / chūk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk$^7$ / tsuk$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zug$^1$ / cug$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʊk̚⁵/, /t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: cor$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɒ²¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: corⁿ$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɒ̃²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiok
*** Tâi-lô: tshiok
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiog
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɔk̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$tsoq
*** MiniDict: tsoh$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$tsoq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡soʔ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: tsjuwk
Rime :
| Character | 蹙 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 屋 (4) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 子六切 |
| Baxter | tsjuwk |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡sɨuk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡siuk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡siuk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡suwk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡siuk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sĭuk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡si̯uk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zuk$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔslɯwɢ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蹙 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11744 |
| Phonetic component | 尗 |
| Rime group | 覺 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 蹙 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔslɯwɢ/ |

### Definitions

蹙
* to knit (one's brows)
    From: 1955, 金庸 (Jin Yong), 《書劍恩仇錄》 (The Book and the Sword)
    bùyóudé cù qǐ méitóu [Pinyin]
    [he] could not help but knit his brows
* to approach; to close in on
* to force; to compel
* to shrink; to contract
* urgent; critical
* Alternative form of 蹴 (“to tread on; to kick”)

#### Synonyms

(to urge):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 催 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 催 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 催 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 勸 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 催 |

#### Compounds

* 刺蹙
* 力蹙勢窮／力蹙势穷
* 嚬蹙／𫫾蹙
* 困蹙
* 悄悄蹙蹙
* 愁蹙
* 排蹙
* 掩鼻蹙頞／掩鼻蹙𱂨
* 攢眉蹙鼻／攒眉蹙鼻
* 攢蹙／攒蹙
* 疾首蹙頞／疾首蹙𱂨
* 疾首蹙額／疾首蹙额
* 發蹙／发蹙
* 皺眉蹙眼／皱眉蹙眼
* 眉蹙春山
* 窘蹙
* 窮蹙／穷蹙
* 計窮勢蹙／计穷势蹙
* 跼蹙
* 蹙國喪師／蹙国丧师
* 蹙然
* 蹙眉 (cùméi)
* 蹙眉長歎／蹙眉长叹
* 蹙竦
* 蹙踖
* 蹙蹐
* 蹙迫
* 蹙金
* 蹙頞／蹙𱂨
* 蹙額／蹙额 (cù'é)
* 蹙額愁眉／蹙额愁眉
* 蹙額顰眉／蹙额颦眉
* 轢蹙／轹蹙
* 顰眉蹙額／颦眉蹙额
* 顰蹙／颦蹙 (píncù)
* 龍蹙虎振／龙蹙虎振

### References

* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “蹙”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 107.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* knitting one's brows

#### Readings

* Go-on: すく (suku)
* Kan-on: しゅく (shuku)
* Kun: せまる (semaru, 蹙まる)、しじかむ (shijikamu, 蹙む)

## Korean
### Hanja

蹙 • (chuk) (hangeul 축, revised chuk, McCune–Reischauer ch'uk, Yale chwuk)
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