| 絀 | |||
| sew, stitch; insufficient | |||
| Radical | 糸糹纟 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 5 | Total Strokes | 11 |
| Mandarin reading | chù zhuó | Cantonese reading | ceot1 zeot3 zyut3 zyut6 |
| Japanese on reading | chutsu chuchi | Japanese kun reading | akai |
| Korean reading | Vietnamese reading | ||
| Simplified Variant(s) | 绌 | ||
| 絀 | [ chù ] crimson silk, deficiency, to stitch |
| ⇒ 將勤補絀 | [ jiāng qín bǔ chù ] to compensate for lack of ability through hard work (idiom) |
| ⇒ 左支右絀 | [ zuǒ zhī yoù chù ] to be in straitened circumstances |
| ⇒ 心餘力絀 | [ xīn yú lì chù ] see 心有餘而力不足|心有余而力不足[xin1 you3 yu2 er2 li4 bu4 zu2] |
| ⇒ 歲計餘絀 | [ suì jì yú chù ] annual budgetary surplus or deficit (accountancy) |
| ⇒ 相形見絀 | [ xiāng xíng jiàn chù ] to pale by comparison (idiom) |
| ⇒ 緊絀 | [ jǐn chù ] supply shortage |