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踌

chóu

Character Traditional 躊

What 踌 means

1. used in {踌躇|chóu chú}

Words starting with 踌

• 踌躇chóu chúto hesitate; (literary) to pace back and forth; (literary) self-satisfied
• 踌躇满志chóu chú mǎn zhìenormously proud of one's success (idiom); smug; complacent
• 踌躇不前chóu chú bù qiánto hesitate to move forward; to hesitate; to hold back
• 踌躇不决chóu chú bù juéto hesitate; indecisive
• 踌蹰chóu chúvariant of 踌躇

Characters built on 寿

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

• 筹chóuchip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds)…
• 畴chóuarable fields; cultivated field; class
• 俦chóucomrades; friends; companions

Characters that look like 踌

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

• 辖xiálinchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle); (bound form) to govern…
• 酶méienzyme; ferment
• 跻jī(literary) to ascend; to climb; to mount
• 踞jùto be based upon; to squat
• 辘lùused in 辘辘; used in 轱辘; used in 辘轳
• 鲔wěilittle tuna; Euthynnus alletteratus

Sounds the same

Read chóu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 愁to worry about
• 绸(light) silk
• 筹chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds)…
• 仇hatred; animosity; enmity
• 酬to entertain; to repay; to return
• 畴arable fields; cultivated field; class
• 稠dense; crowded; thick
• 惆forlorn; vexed; disappointed
• 俦comrades; friends; companions
• 雠to collate; to proofread
• 鯈Leuciscus macropus
• 嬦(archaic) used in ladies' names