Memory phrase for the character: 躇

躇

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Meaning

hesitate, indecisive

Pronunciation

 chú

Explanation

 Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: outstanding 著 (Under the plant 艹 is a person 者, who is an outstanding writer.)

Mnemonic
 
When the foot (shall go) over the plants, the person is hesitating.

Radicals

足 foot
艹 grass, plantGrass or a rapid growing plant in general. It shows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
者 person者
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 Vocabulary

踌躇 chóu chú  to hesitate
踌躇满志 chóu chú mǎn zhì  enormously proud of one's success (idiom); smug; complacent
踌躇满志 chóu chú mǎn zhì  

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