| 踌 | |||
| hesitate, falter; smug, self-satisfied | |||
| Radical | 足𧾷 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 7 | Total Strokes | 14 |
| Mandarin reading | choú | Cantonese reading | cau4 |
| Japanese on reading | Japanese kun reading | ||
| Korean reading | Vietnamese reading | ||
| Traditional Variant(s) | 躊 | hesitate, falter; smug, self-satisfied | |
| 踌 | [ choú ] to pace back and forth, to hesitate, to waver |
| 踌躇 | [ choú chú ] to hesitate |
| 踌躇不前 | [ choú chú bù qián ] to hesitate to move forward, to hesitate, to hold back |
| 踌躇不决 | [ choú chú bù jué ] to hesitate, indecisive |
| 踌躇满志 | [ choú chú mǎn zhì ] enormously proud of one's success (idiom); smug, complacent |
| 踌蹰 | [ choú chú ] variant of 躊躇|踌躇[chou2 chu2] |