What 趖 means
趖 means quick movement; in classical writing, the sun sinks west.
Classical writing uses 趖 for swift movement and for the sun sinking toward evening, as in 趖晚日. Its earliest recorded dictionary entry is in the Shuowen Jiezi, a dictionary compiled in the Eastern Han. That entry explains 走 as the movement part and 坐 as the sound part. A Small Seal form is recorded; as of 2026-09-12, no oracle-bone, bronze, or bamboo-slip form is listed.
As of 2026, Taiwanese Hokkien (Taigi) uses 趖 in 鼎邊趖, a rice-batter dish cooked in strips around a pot's inner rim. Hakka material also uses 趖來趖去 for something crawling back and forth like an insect. These are distinct regional uses of the same motion character.
Literary in classical lines; its Taigi and Hakka uses are established regional expressions.
In 鼎邊趖, 趖 is read sô in Taigi; cuò is a mistaken Mandarin-style guess.
Drift: In 2024, Taiwanese coverage highlighted a correction of 鼎邊趖: the last character is read sô in Taigi, not cuò.
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4 readingsThe sun is moving west and dropping toward dusk.
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2How do I pronounce 趖?
Mandarin Pinyin writes it suō, roughly like “swaw” on a high, level pitch. In the Taiwanese Hokkien food name 鼎邊趖, the last character is roughly “so,” written sô; the full name is romanized tiánn-pinn-sô.
Is 趖 an emoji?
No. 趖 is a written Chinese character, not an emoji. If someone sends it alone, the surrounding conversation or the sender is needed to tell what they mean.
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