躑躅

See also: 踯躅

Chinese
phonetic
trad. (躑躅) 躑 躅
simp. (踯躅) 踯 躅
alternative forms 蹢躅

Etymology

Cognate with 躊躇 (OC *du da), 踟躕 (OC *de do), 彳亍 (OC *tʰeɡ toɡs/tʰoɡ), all meaning "walking slowly or with difficulty > hesitant".

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 躑 躅
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 澄 (11) 澄 (11)
Final (韻) 昔 (123) 燭 (8)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 直炙切 直録切
Baxter drjek drjowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɖiᴇk̚/ /ɖɨok̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɖiɛk̚/ /ɖiok̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȡiæk̚/ /ȡiok̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɖiajk̚/ /ɖuawk̚/
Li
Rong		 /ȡiɛk̚/ /ȡiok̚/
Wang
Li		 /ȡĭɛk̚/ /ȡĭwok̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȡʱi̯ɛk̚/ /ȡʱi̯wok̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zhí zhú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 zik6 zuk6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 躑 躅
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 zhí zhuó
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ drjek › ‹ drjowk ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[d]rek/ /*[d]rok/
English 躑躅 stamp the feet 躑躅 stamp the feet

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 躑 躅
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 2354 11826
Phonetic
component		 奠 蜀
Rime
group		 錫 屋
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 擲
Old
Chinese		 /*deɡ/ /*doɡ/

Verb

躑躅

  1. (literary) to walk to and fro; to wander about

Synonyms

Noun

躑躅

  1. (literary) Alternative name for 杜鵑花／杜鹃花 (dùjuānhuā, “rhododendron”).

Japanese
Kanji in this term
躑 躅
つつじ
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

Etymology

Ultimate derivation unknown. Various theories have been proposed, including:

  • A shift from 続き咲き (tsuzuki saki, literally “continuously blooming”)
  • Possibly related to Korean 철쭉 (cheoljjuk), as in 황철쭉 (hwangcheoljjuk, “Rhododendron japonicum”)

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 躑躅／踯躅 (zhízhú).

Noun

躑躅(つつじ) or 躑躅(ツツジ) • (tsutsuji) 

  1. rhododendron, azalea

Usage notes

Broadly speaking, the azalea blooms earlier and is distinguished in Japanese as 皐月 (satsuki).

Proper noun

躑躅(つつじ) • (Tsutsuji) 

  1. a female given name
  2. a surname

Further reading
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