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怵

怵

Translingual

Han character

怵 (radical 61 心+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 心戈木 (PID) or 心戈十金 (PIJC), four-corner 9309₄, composition ⿰忄朮 or ⿰忄术)

References

KangXi: page 382, character 25

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10498

Dae Jaweon: page 712, character 16

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2284, character 1

Unihan data for U+6035

Chinese

simp. and trad.		怵

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (术) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
訹	*slud
怵	*l̥ʰud
术	l'ud, ɦljud
炢	*l'ud
術	*ɦljud
述	*ɦljud
秫	*ɦljud
沭	*ɦljud
蒁	*ɦrud

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *l̥ʰud) : semantic 心 ‎(“heart”) + phonetic 朮.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): chù (chu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seot¹, zeot¹, ceot¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: chù
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˋ
  - Wade-Giles: ch'u⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seot¹, zeot¹, ceot¹
  - Yale: sēut, jēut, chēut
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soet⁷, dzoet⁷, tsoet⁷
  - IPA ^(key): /sɵt̚⁵/, /t͡ɕɵt̚⁵/, /t͡ɕʰɵt̚⁵/

Middle Chinese: /ʈʰiuɪt̚/▼

Rime
Character	怵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	術 (52)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丑律切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰiuɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰʷit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰjuet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰwit̚/
Li Rong	/ȶʰiuĕt̚/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭuĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯uĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chu

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰud/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	怵
Reading #	1/1
No.	11850
Phonetic component	术
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	黜
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰud/

Definitions

怵

to fear; to be afraid
sad; sorrowful

Compounds

動心怵目／动心怵目
怵怵忐忐
怵惕

怵然
怵目驚心／怵目惊心
怵迫

怵魄動心／怵魄动心
發怵／发怵

References

(Cantonese) Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)

Japanese

Kanji

怵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On: じゅつ (jutsu), ちゅつ (chutsu), しゅつ (shutsu), しゅち (shuchi)

Kun: おそれる (osoreru)

Vietnamese

Han character

Hán Việt: truột

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