cuī​cù HSK7

urge

cuī press

Components

Meaning component
rén person

person

Sound component
cuī high

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttshwojs-tʰˤujurge, repress
Zhengzhangsʰluːl
Unicodetsuəi
tsuəi

說文解字

相儔也。从人崔聲。《詩》曰:“室人交徧催我。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

hurry, urge

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
rén person
Sound component
foot

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰoɡ
Unicodetsiok
tsiok

說文解字

《說文》:“促,迫也。从人,足聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica