措 cuò
: to handle; to manage; to put in order; to arrange; to administer; to execute; to take action on; to plan
Kun Reading
措く | おく oku
godan verb with ku ending
: to give up; to except
措 | さくそう sakusou
noun | suru verb
: complication; intricacy
On Reading
そ so
措置 cuo4zhi4: to handle; to arrange
[措置 | そち sochi: measure; measures; step]
措施 cuo4shi1: measure; step
措大 cuo4da4: worthless scholar; useless wretch
[窮措大 | きゅうそだい kyuusodai: poor student (scholar)]措意 cuo4yi4: to pay attention to
措手 cuo4shou3: to deal with; to manage; to proceed
舉[举]措 ju3cuo4: to move; to act; action; decision; conduct; manner
籌[筹]措 chou2cuo4: to raise (money)
失措 shi1cuo4: to be at a loss
無[无]措 wu2cuo4: helpless
Japanese expression | idiom
措いて | おいて oite: except; no other
何は扨措き | なにはさておき nani wa sate oki
: before anything else; first of all
最善の措置 | さいぜんのそち saizen no sochi
: best practices
措置を講じる | そちをこうじる sochi o koujiru
: to take measures; to take steps; to take action; to make a move
Chinese idiom
措手不及 cuo4 shou3 bu4 ji2
: no time to deal with it; caught unprepared
措置裕如 cuo4 zhi4 yu4 ru2
: to handle easily; effortless
驚慌失措 [惊慌失措] jing1 huang1 shi1 cuo4
: to lose one’s head out of fear
形声 Pictophonetic.
扌 (shou3: hand radical 64) suggests the meaning while
昔 (xi1: formerly) provides the sound.
Examples:
她面無可能早逝而手足無措。
ta1 mian4lin2 ke neng zao3 shi4 er2 shou3 zu2 wu2cuo4
She’s finding it difficult to face up to the possibility of an early death.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
