驟

See also: 骤

驟 U+9A5F, 驟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9A5F ← 驞 [U+9A5E] CJK Unified Ideographs 驠 → [U+9A60]

Translingual

Japanese	驟
Simplified	骤
Traditional	驟

Han character

驟 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+14, 24 strokes, cangjie input 尸火尸水人 (SFSEO), four-corner 7733₂, composition ⿰馬聚)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1446, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45048
• Dae Jaweon: page 1971, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4581, character 12
• Unihan data for U+9A5F

Chinese

trad.		驟
simp.		骤
2nd round simp.		驺
alternative forms		駎／𩧨 ancient 𮪊 𨓭 𮋼 𩧁

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (取) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	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 *zrus) : semantic 馬 (“horse”) + phonetic 聚 (OC *zloʔ, *zlos).

Etymology

Related to 走 (OC *ʔsoːʔ, “to run”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhòu, zòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄡˋ, ㄗㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaau⁶ / zau⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): câiu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chō͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhòu
    • Wade–Giles: chou⁴
    • Yale: jòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jow
    • Palladius: чжоу (čžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zòu
    • Wade–Giles: tsou⁴
    • Yale: dzòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzow
    • Palladius: цзоу (czou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zaau⁶ / zau⁶
    • Yale: jaauh / jauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaau⁶ / dzau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zao⁶ / zeo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːu̯²²/, /t͡sɐu̯²²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: câiu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑu²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chō͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zou⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsŏu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dzrjuwH

Rime
Character	驟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	鋤佑切
Baxter	dzrjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐiuH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒiəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐuwH/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒiuH/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒĭəuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱi̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zau6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*N-tsˤroʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*zrus/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	驟
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhòu
Middle Chinese	‹ dzrjuwH ›
Old Chinese	/*N-tsˁroʔ-s/
English	fast-running
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	驟
Reading #	1/1
No.	10644
Phonetic component	取
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*zrus/

Definitions

驟

1. to gallop; to run
2. sudden; abrupt
3. suddenly; abruptly
   • 2024, “了了 [Alive]”, 挽歌 (lyrics), 鄧百亨 [Henry Tang] and 林家謙 [Terence Lam] (music)‎^[1]performed by 林家謙 [Terence Lam] and 鄧百亨 [Henry Tang]:

     若飄雪劃上驟暖的臉？ [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     若飘雪划上骤暖的脸？ [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     joek⁶ piu¹ syut³ waak⁶ soeng⁵ zaau⁶ nyun⁵ dik¹ lim⁵? [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

4. frequently; repeatedly
5. ^† (of a horse) fast

Compounds

• 急驟／急骤 (jízhòu)
• 暴風驟雨／暴风骤雨 (bàofēngzhòuyǔ)
• 步驟／步骤 (bùzhòu)
• 決驟／决骤
• 狂風驟雨／狂风骤雨 (kuángfēngzhòuyǔ)
• 疾風驟雨／疾风骤雨
• 風急雨驟／风急雨骤 (fēngjíyǔzhòu)
• 風馳雨驟／风驰雨骤
• 飄風驟雨／飘风骤雨
• 馳驟／驰骤 (chízhòu)
• 驟增／骤增
• 驟然／骤然 (zhòurán)
• 驟然而止／骤然而止
• 驟眼睇／骤眼睇
• 驟觀／骤观 (zhòuguān)
• 驟變／骤变 (zhòubiàn)
• 驟跌／骤跌
• 驟降／骤降 (zhòujiàng)
• 驟雨／骤雨 (zhòuyǔ)
• 驟雨狂風／骤雨狂风
• 齊驅並驟／齐驱并骤

 

Japanese

Kanji

驟

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しゅう (shū)
• Kun: はせる (haseru, 驟る)、にわか (niwaka, 驟)

Korean

Hanja

驟 (eumhun 달릴 취 (dallil chwi))

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References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 驟

Vietnamese

Han character

驟: Hán Việt readings: sậu
驟: Nôm readings: sậu

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References

• Nom Foundation