Character: 趣
Modern (Beijing) reading: qù
Preclassic Old Chinese: ćhoʔs
Classic Old Chinese: choh
Western Han Chinese: choh
Eastern Han Chinese: chjoh
Early Postclassic Chinese: chjò
Middle Postclassic Chinese: chjò
Late Postclassic Chinese: chjò
Middle Chinese: chjǜ
English meaning : to hasten
Russian meaning[s]: 1) интерес; интересный; 2) быстро идти; стремиться к..., см. 趨; [cù] торопить; понуждать
Comments: Also read *ćhōʔ (MC chл́w, Pek. chǒu) 'manager of horses' (in 趣馬 *ćhōʔ-mrāʔ). Also used as a loan for 促 *ćhok (q.v.); 趣 could be actually also reconstructed as *ćhoks, but connections with 上聲 words seem to be stronger (see also under 走).
Radical: 156
Four-angle index: 5824
Karlgren code: 0131 g-h
Vietnamese reading: thú
