踟躇

踟 chí hesitate

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot

foot

知
知 Sound component
zhī know

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdrje[d]re踟躕 *[d]re.[d]ro walk hesitatingly
Zhengzhangde

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

躇 chú hesitate

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 著 represents the sound.

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
著
著 Sound component
zhe, zháo, zhù [progress particle]

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttrhjaktʰrakjump over, pass over
Zhengzhangda
Unicodedjhiu

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang