(qù) - interest, fun (bound morpheme) in Mandarin
qùTraditional: 趣
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Translation
interest, fun (bound morpheme)
Word origin
A phono-semantic character: the run radical 走 suggests being drawn towards something, and 取 (qǔ) supplies the sound, giving the meaning of interest or appeal.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 走 (run radical) + 取 (qǔ, phonetic)
Stroke order
趣
Examples
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This book is very interesting.
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He is an interesting person.
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This film is very interesting.
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He is very interested in music.
趣 (qù) means interest or fun. It is a bound morpheme and chiefly appears in 有趣 (yǒu qù), interesting or fun.
Appears in 2 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 趣.
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