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U+8E8A

Simplified character

Radical:+ 14 strokes = 21 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.209#37 Kangxi: p.1235#09 Cihai: p.1295r2c01 GSR: 1090.n Hanyu: v6,p3745#06
Composition:Left: 𧾷, right: .
Mandarin:chóu ㄔㄡˊ
Cantonese:cau4
Tang reconstruction:djhiou
Guangyun:廣韻·下平聲··》躊:躊躇。
Kangxi:康熙字典·足部·十四》躊:《廣韻》直由切《集韻》𨻰留切,𠀤音儔。《玉篇》躊躇也。詳躇字註。《類篇》或从𠷎作𨅡。
Fanqie:直由 (《廣韻·下平聲··》)
Unihan definition:hesitate, falter; smug, self-satisfied

Example usage

莊子·養生主》:提刀而立,為之四顧,為之躇滿志,善刀而藏之。
Then standing up with the knife in my hand, I look all round, and in a leisurely manner, with an air of satisfaction, wipe it clean, and put it in its sheath.
淮南子·俶真訓》:其所守者不定,而外淫於世俗之風,所斷差跌者,而內以濁其清明,是故躇以終,而不得須臾恬澹矣。
漢書·外戚傳上》:何靈魂之紛紛兮,哀裴回以躇,勢路日以遠兮,遂荒忽而辭去。
後漢書》:又以京師昏亂,躇不進,此懷姦也。
楚辭·九辯》:事亹亹而覬進兮,蹇淹留而躇。
抱朴子·刺驕》:昔者西施痛而臥於道側,姿顏妖麗,蘭麝芬馥,見者鹹美其容而念其疾,莫不躇焉。
水經注·沔水》:溪之陽有徐元直、崔州平故宅,悉人居,故習鑿齒《與謝安書》云:每省家舅,縱目檀溪,念崔、徐之友,未嘗不撫膺躇,惆悵終日矣。
三國志·華歆傳》:躇良乆,一吏曰:「籍當定,柰何得住?」
藝文類聚·晉康帝》:其辭曰:招拒降靈,篤生我皇,歧嶷妙哲,幼有珪璋,含真發曜,蘭風載芳,厥初肇建,宗國是胤,祗承師友,執心淑慎,徽猷愷悌,金質玉潤,固天所啟,應茲靈運,入繼皇祚,龍騰鳳迅,因假任物,惟精委順,穆穆我皇,風流凝廣,聰鑒遐照,思心內朗,應變無方,從善如響,矩儀可慮,法物可象,覆燾群生,靡物不養,如何一旦,神遊靈爽,仰攀擗踴,觸物咸想,卜吉有期,將即玄冥,太常既建,千乘列庭,皓皓輿服,翩翩素旌,笳簫寥咧,輓夫齊聲,六驥躇,蕭蕭悲鳴,是用增哀,雨泣霑纓,痛貫五內,哀切三情,道隆名貴,德享彌光,灼灼皇猷,終然允臧,垂美兆祀,芳風休揚。
通典·斬縗三年》:葬訖,含猶躇,不時攝職,司徒屢摘罰訪問以踧含,含乃視事。
西遊記》:等到天明,猶不見臨朝,諕得一個個驚懼躇。
三國演義》:躇間,潘隱至,言:「帝已崩。」
金瓶梅》:到晚夕,孤眠枕上展轉躕。
封神演義》:心下躕,坐臥不安,如芒刺背
廣韻·》:躇:躇。
太平御覽·侍御史》:所以躇戀慕者,以明公禮遇隆崇,未能自割。
太平廣記·許宣平》:窺庭但蕭索,倚柱空躇。
朱子語類》:時中輩皆在列,上躇四顧,以付攸。
紅樓夢》:一席話,提醒了湘雲,倒躇起來。
全唐詩》:躕自回首,日腳背樓斜。
康熙字典·》:《玉篇》𩧅駤,馬蹰不前也。
儒林外史》:二位舅爺躇道:「這件事,我們做不得主。」

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