趣

趣 (Kangxi radical 156, 走+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 土人尸十水 (GOSJE), four-corner 4180₄, composition ⿺走取)

• 𫋦

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1218, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37207
• Dae Jaweon: page 1689, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3490, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8DA3

Historical forms of the character 趣
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰloːʔ, *sʰlos) : semantic 走 (“walk”) + phonetic 取 (OC *sʰloːʔ, *sʰloʔ) – to hasten (walking) towards an object of interest.

趣

1. interest; delight
2. interesting; amusing
3. aspiration and interests; inclination
4. ^† objective; purport; intention
5. ^† action; conduct
6. ^† charm; appeal
7. ^† Alternative form of 取 (qǔ, “to desire; to seek”)

   • 五曰趣舍滑心，使性飛揚。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     五曰趣舍滑心，使性飞扬。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Wǔ yuē qǔshě gǔ xīn, shǐ xìng fēiyáng. [Pinyin]

     The fifth is their preferences and dislikes, which unsettle the mind, and cause the nature to go flying about.

8. ^† Alternative form of 取 (qǔ, “merely; only”)

   • 人生衣趣以覆寒露，食趣以塞飢乏耳。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     人生衣趣以覆寒露，食趣以塞饥乏耳。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《顏氏家訓·止足》

     Rénshēng yī qǔ yǐ fù hánlù, shí qǔ yǐ sài jīfá ěr. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

9. a surname

趣

1. ^† Alternative form of 促 (cù, “to urge; to hasten; to press; hurriedly; hastily”)

趣

1. ^† Alternative form of 趨／趋 (qū, “to run forward; to incline to; to lean forward”)

趣

1. ^† Only used in 趣馬／趣马 (“master of horse”).

趣

1. ^† Alternative form of 掫 (“to go on night patrol and sound the night watches”)

• “趣”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. purport, gist
2. taste, elegance
3. appearance

• Go-on: す (su); そく (soku)
• Kan-on: しゅ (shu, Jōyō); しょく (shoku)
• On: そう (sō)
• Kun: おもむき (omomuki, 趣, Jōyō); おもむく (omomuku, 趣く); うながす (unagasu, 趣す)

連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 趣(おもむ)く (omomuku).

• (Tokyo) おもむき [òmómúkí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [o̞mo̞mɯ̟ᵝkʲi]

趣(おもむき) • (omomuki) 

1. general appearance

趣 • (chwi, chuk) (hangeul 취, 축, revised chwi, chuk, McCune–Reischauer ch'wi, ch'uk, Yale chwi, chwuk)

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趣: Hán Nôm readings: thú, xú

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