躇 — Chinese character
躇
chú
to hesitate, to falter; undecided
- Pinyin
- chú
- Radical
- 157 ⾜ (Foot)
- Strokes
- 18
- Components
- 足 著
- Formation
- pictophonetic — foot; meaning component 足; sound component 著
- Japanese
- 躇 as a kanji
Common words with 躇
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 踌躇满志 (躊躇滿志) | chóu chú mǎn zhì | enormously proud of one's success (idiom); smug; complacent |
| 踌躇 (躊躇) | chóu chú | to hesitate; (literary) to pace back and forth |
| 踌躇不前 (躊躇不前) | chóu chú bù qián | to hesitate to move forward; to hesitate |
| 踟躇 | chí chú | variant of 踟蹰 (chí chú) |
| 踌躇不决 (躊躇不決) | chóu chú bù jué | to hesitate; indecisive |
English words written with 躇
躇 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 3
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.