Kanji

躇

Meaning

hesitate

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • ためらう

On'yomi

  • ちゅう ちょ hesitation
  • ちゅう ちょ しゅんじゅん hesitation and vacillation
  • ちゃく

Practice Writing

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Component Analysis

躇
hesitate
ためら.う, チョ, チャク
𧾷
口
mouth
くち, コウ, ク
止
stop, halt
と.まる, -ど.まり, シ
卜
( ト ) divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
うらな.う, うらない, ボク
著
renowned, publish, write...
あらわ.す, いちじる.しい, チョ
艹
( 艸 ) grass, radical number 140
者
someone, person
もの, シャ
耂
( 老 ) variant of radical 125
土
soil, earth, ground...
つち, ド, ト
日
day, sun, Japan...
ひ, -び, ニチ

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