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绌

chù

Character Traditional 絀

What 绌 means

1. crimson silk
2. deficiency
3. to stitch

Words containing 绌

• 紧绌jǐn chùsupply shortage
• 左支右绌zuǒ zhī yòu chùto be in straitened circumstances
• 岁计余绌suì jì yú chùannual budgetary surplus or deficit (accountancy)
• 相形见绌xiāng xíng jiàn chùto pale by comparison (idiom)
• 心余力绌xīn yú lì chùsee 心有余而力不足

Characters built on 出

These share the phonetic component 出 (chū), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 础chǔfoundation; base
• 屈qūbent; to feel wronged
• 黜chùto dismiss from office; to expel
• 诎qūto bend; to yield; to exhaust

Characters that look like 绌

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 组zǔto form; to organize; group
• 助zhùto help; to assist
• 拙zhuōawkward; clumsy; dull
• 拗ào(bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient
• 绉zhòucrepe; wrinkle
• 纭yúnconfused; numerous

Sounds the same

Read chù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 触to touch; to make contact with sth; to stir up sb's emotions
• 处(bound form) place; locality; (bound form) part; aspect; (bound form) office; department…
• 畜livestock; domesticated animal; domestic animal
• 怵fearful; timid; to fear
• 矗lofty; upright
• 搐to twitch; to have a spasm
• 黜to dismiss from office; to expel
• 俶to begin
• 豖a shackled pig
• 亍to step with the right foot (used in 彳亍
• 憷to be afraid
• 歜(person); angry