# 趣

| 趣 | U+8DA3, &#36259; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8DA3 |
| ← 趢 [U+8DA2] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 趤 → [U+8DA4] |

## Translingual
### Han character

趣 (Kangxi radical 156, 走+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 土人尸十水 (GOSJE), four-corner 4180$_4$, composition ⿺走取)

#### Derived characters

* 𫋦

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1218, character 35
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37207
* Dae Jaweon: page 1689, character 9
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3490, character 9
* Unihan data for U+8DA3

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 趣
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 陬 | *ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *ʔslo |
| 棷 | *ʔsloː, *sʰloːʔ, *sloːʔ, *ʔsru |
| 掫 | *ʔsloː, *ʔsruʔ, *ʔslo |
| 緅 | *ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *slos |
| 趣 | *sʰloːʔ, *sʰlos |
| 取 | *sʰloːʔ, *sʰloʔ |
| 鯫 | *zloː, *zloːʔ, *sʰlo |
| 棸 | *rlu, *rluʔ, *ʔsru |
| 鄹 | *ʔsru, *zloʔ, *ljoːnʔ |
| 郰 | *ʔsru |
| 齱 | *ʔsru, *sʰroːɡ |
| 菆 | *ʔsru, *sʰros, *zloːn |
| 箃 | *ʔsru |
| 黀 | *ʔsru |
| 驟 | *zrus |
| 最 | *zloːds |
| 襊 | *sʰoːds, *sʰoːd |
| 蕞 | *zoːds |
| 嘬 | *sʰroːds |
| 諏 | *ʔslo |
| 娵 | *ʔslo |
| 娶 | *sʰloʔ, *sʰlos, *slo |
| 聚 | *zloʔ, *zlos |
| 埾 | *zlos |
| 藂 | *zloːŋ |
| 叢 | *zloːŋ |
| 繓 | *ʔsoːd |
| 撮 | *ʔsoːd, *sʰoːd |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰloːʔ, *sʰlos): semantic 走 (“walk”) + phonetic 取 (OC *sʰloːʔ, *sʰloʔ) – to hasten (walking) towards an object of interest.

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qù (qu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhi
    (Meixian, Guangdong): qi$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhù / chhì
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$chiu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qù
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cyù
*** Wade–Giles: chʻü$^4$
*** Yale: chyù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuh
*** Palladius: цюй (cjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qùr
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˋㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cyùr
*** Wade–Giles: chʻü$^4$-ʼrh
*** Yale: chyùr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuell
*** Palladius: цюйр (cjujr)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰyə̯ɻ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ceoi$^3$
*** Yale: cheui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cêu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɵy̯³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhi
*** Hakka Romanization System: qi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: qi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: qi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhù
*** Tâi-lô: tshù
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhux
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰu¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡sʰu²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰu⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì
*** Tâi-lô: tshì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chix
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$chiu
*** MiniDict: chiu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$qy
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰy³⁴/
* Middle Chinese: tshjuH
Rime :
| Character | 趣 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 清 (14) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 七句切 |
| Baxter | tshjuH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡sʰɨo$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡sʰio$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sʰio$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sʰuə̆$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡sʰio$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sʰĭu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡sʰi̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ceoi$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ]oʔ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*sʰlos/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 趣 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | qù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tshju$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[tsʰ]oʔ-s/ |
| English | hasten to |
| 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 | 趣 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 10657 |
| Phonetic component | 取 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 娶 |
| Old Chinese | /*sʰlos/ |

#### Definitions

趣
* interest; delight
* interesting; amusing
* aspiration and interests; inclination
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) objective; purport; intention
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) action; conduct
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) charm; appeal
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 取 (qǔ, “to desire; to seek”)
    From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Wǔ yuē qǔshě gǔ xīn, shǐ xìng fēiyáng. [Pinyin]
    The fifth is their preferences and dislikes, which unsettle the mind, and cause the nature to go flying about.
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 取 (qǔ, “merely; only”)
    From: 《顏氏家訓·止足》
    Rénshēng yī qǔ yǐ fù hánlù, shí qǔ yǐ sài jīfá ěr. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* a surname

#### Compounds

* 不知趣
* 不趣
* 乏趣
* 了無生趣 / 了无生趣
* 低級趣味 / 低级趣味 (dījí qùwèi)
* 佳趣
* 六趣 (liùqù)
* 別致有趣 / 别致有趣
* 別趣 / 别趣
* 各異其趣 / 各异其趣
* 大異其趣 / 大异其趣
* 天趣
* 奇趣
* 妙趣 (miàoqù)
* 妙趣橫生 / 妙趣横生 (miàoqùhéngshēng)
* 幽趣
* 志趣 (zhìqù)
* 惡趣 / 恶趣
* 情趣 (qíngqù)
* 情趣商店 (qíngqù shāngdiàn)
* 意趣 (yìqù)
* 打勤獻趣 / 打勤献趣
* 打情罵趣 / 打情骂趣
* 打趣 (dǎqù)
* 挑趣
* 插趣
* 旨趣 (zhǐqù)
* 有趣 (yǒuqù)
* 樂趣 / 乐趣 (lèqù)
* 機趣 / 机趣
* 沒情沒趣 / 没情没趣
* 沒趣 / 没趣 (méiqù)
* 沒趣巴巴 / 没趣巴巴
* 沒趣搭拉 / 没趣搭拉
* 湊趣兒 / 凑趣儿
* 無趣 / 无趣 (wúqù)
* 生動有趣 / 生动有趣
* 生趣 (shēngqù)
* 生趣盎然
* 異趣 / 异趣
* 相映成趣
* 真趣
* 知情識趣 / 知情识趣
* 知趣 (zhīqù)
* 知音識趣 / 知音识趣
* 童趣 (tóngqù)
* 綽趣 / 绰趣
* 義趣 / 义趣
* 自討沒趣 / 自讨没趣
* 興趣 / 兴趣 (xìngqù)
* 討沒趣 / 讨没趣
* 記趣 / 记趣
* 諧趣 / 谐趣
* 識趣 / 识趣 (shíqù)
* 趣事 (qùshì)
* 趣兒 / 趣儿
* 趣味 (qùwèi)
* 趣味橫生 / 趣味横生
* 趣旨 (qùzhǐ)
* 趣聞 / 趣闻 (qùwén)
* 趣話 / 趣话
* 趣談 / 趣谈 (qùtán)
* 辭趣 / 辞趣
* 逗趣 (dòuqù)
* 逸趣橫生 / 逸趣横生
* 遊花插趣 / 游花插趣
* 酒中趣
* 閒情逸趣 / 闲情逸趣
* 雅趣 (yǎqù)
* 風趣 / 风趣 (fēngqù)
* 風趣橫生 / 风趣横生
* 鬥趣 / 斗趣 (dòuqù)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cù (cu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cuk$^1$
* 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: cuk$^1$
*** Yale: chūk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsuk$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cug$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ]ok/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 趣 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | cù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tshjowk › |
| Old Chinese | /*[tsʰ]ok/ |
| English | urge, hasten, press |
| 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. ||

#### Definitions

趣
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 促 (cù, “to urge; to hasten; to press; hurriedly; hastily”)

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qū (qu$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi$^1$
* 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/

#### Definitions

趣
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 趨 / 趋 (qū, “to run forward; to incline to; to lean forward”)

### Pronunciation 4

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cǒu (cou$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄡˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cau$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cǒu
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄡˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cǒu
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻou$^3$
*** Yale: tsǒu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsoou
*** Palladius: цоу (cou)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰoʊ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cau$^2$
*** Yale: cháu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsau$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ceo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɐu̯³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: tshuwX
Rime :
| Character | 趣 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 清 (14) |
| Final (韻) | 侯 (137) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 蒼苟切 |
| Baxter | tshuwX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡sʰəu$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡sʰəu$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sʰəu$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sʰəw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡sʰu$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sʰəu$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡sʰə̯u$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | cǒu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cau$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sʰloːʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 趣 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 10625 |
| Phonetic component | 取 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | |
| Old Chinese | /*sʰloːʔ/ |

#### Definitions

趣
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Only used in 趣馬／趣马 (“master of horse”).

### Pronunciation 5

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zōu (zou$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄗㄡ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zōu
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zou
*** Wade–Giles: tsou$^1$
*** Yale: dzōu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzou
*** Palladius: цзоу (czou)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡soʊ̯⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

趣
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 掫 (“to go on night patrol and sound the night watches”)

### References

* “趣”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* purport, gist
* taste, elegance
* appearance

#### Readings

* Go-on: す (su)、そく (soku)
* Kan-on: しゅ (shu, Jōyō)、しょく (shoku)
* On: そう (sō)
* Kun: おもむき (omomuki, 趣, Jōyō)、おもむく (omomuku, 趣く)、うながす (unagasu, 趣す)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 趣
* おもむき Grade: S
* kun'yomi
連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 趣(おもむ)く (omomuku).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) おもむき [òmómúkí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [o̞mo̞mɯ̟kʲi]

### Noun

趣(おもむき) • (omomuki)
* general appearance

## Korean
### Hanja

趣 • (chwi, chuk) (hangeul 취, 축, revised chwi, chuk, McCune–Reischauer ch'wi, ch'uk, Yale chwi, chwuk)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

趣: Hán Nôm readings: thú, xú
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