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蹴

cù

Character

What 蹴 means

1. carefully
2. to kick
3. to tread on
4. to stamp

Other readings

蹴 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• cùvariant of {蹴|cù}

Words starting with 蹴

• 蹴鞠cù jūcuju, ancient Chinese football (soccer)
• 蹴踘cù jūvariant of 蹴鞠

Words containing 蹴

• 一蹴而就yī cù ér jiùto get there in one step (idiom); easily done; success at a stroke…
• 一蹴即至yī cù jí zhìlit. to get there in one step (idiom); fig. easily done
• 一蹴可几yī cù kě jīto succeed at the first try (idiom); easy as pie; one can do it at once
• 一蹴而得yī cù ér désee 一蹴而就
• 一蹴而成yī cù ér chéngsee 一蹴而就

Characters that look like 蹴

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

• 曦xī(literary) sunlight (usu. in early morning)
• 鞭biānwhip or lash; to flog; to whip
• 蠕rúto squirm; to wiggle; to wriggle
• 蹬dēngto step on; to tread on; to put on; to wear (shoes, trousers etc); (slang) to dump (sb)
• 鞣róusuede; chamois; tannin
• 蹶juéto stumble; to trample; to kick (of horse)

Sounds the same

Read cù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 促(bound form) of short duration; hasty; rapid; (bound form) to hasten; to hurry; to urge…
• 醋vinegar; jealousy (in love rivalry)
• 簇(bound form) to cluster; to pile up; cluster; pile…
• 蹙to knit (one's brows); wrinkled (of brows); to hesitate
• 猝abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
• 瘯(skin disease)
• 踤to butt against
• 踧carefully; level; smooth
• 卒variant of 猝
• 蔟see 蚕蔟
• 䠞variant of 蹙
• 酢variant of 醋