卒

See also: 卆, 率, and 쭈

卒 U+5352, 卒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5352 ← 卑 [U+5351] CJK Unified Ideographs 卓 → [U+5353]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

卒 (Kangxi radical 24, 十+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜人人十 (YOOJ), four-corner 0040₈, composition ⿱𠅃十)

Derived characters

• 倅 啐 埣 崪 悴 捽 淬 猝 𨔊 晬 椊 㱖 焠 琗 祽 脺 睟 𣖢 碎 稡 䘹 粹 綷 蜶 䚝 誶(谇) 賥 踤 醉 𠁸 𠾹 𡳝 錊 𡦧 𠧆 𩫛 䱣 𡄰 𠫏
• 𡮇 㰵 㲞 𣖛 顇 𣦮
• 𡨧 崒 萃 窣 箤 翠 䯿 瘁 𡇻

Descendants

• 卆

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 156, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2740
• Dae Jaweon: page 356, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 63, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5352

Chinese

simp. and trad.		卒
2nd round simp.		卆
alternative forms		卆 䘚 𠥾 𨒳 𧙻 卆 䘚 𠥾 𨒳 𧙻 𰠄

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 卒
Shang	Western Zhou		Warring States			Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

	Old Chinese
晬	*ʔsuːds
祽	*ʔsuːds
綷	*ʔsuːds
淬	*sʰuːds
啐	*sʰuːds, *suːds, *sʰroːds, *ʔsud
倅	*sʰuːds, *ʔsuːd
焠	*sʰuːds
碎	*suːds
誶	*suːds, *suds, *zud
濢	*ʔslulʔ, *sʰluds
噿	*ʔslulʔ
臎	*ʔslulʔ, *sʰluds
醉	*ʔsuds
翠	*sʰuds
悴	*zuds
萃	*zuds
瘁	*zuds
顇	*zuds
粹	*suds
睟	*suds
賥	*suds
卒	*ʔsuːd, *sʰuːd, *ʔsud
稡	*ʔsuːd
猝	*sʰuːd
椊	*zuːd
捽	*zuːd, *zud
崪	*zuːd
窣	*suːd
崒	*zud
踤	*zud
錊	*ʔsuːɡ

Characters in the same phonetic series (卒) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

There were 5 forms of 卒 in Shang oracle bone script (Qiu, 1990; Xuan, 2012):

1. : same as 衣 (“clothes”) (> Western Zhou bronze script );
2. : a crisscross 衣 - a completed clothing;
3. (卒): ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 衣 (“clothes”) with a mark - a completed clothing to be folded (> Warring States bronze script ; Chu slip and silk script );
4. (𧙻): phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): 衣 (“clothes”) + 聿 (OC *b·lud) (hand (又) holding a brush);
5. ,: 𧙻 having 又 omitted.

The brush shape in form (5) was often placed upside down. Later the inverted brush shape was mistaken as 又 and then moved to the top as in Chu slip and silk script (𰠄) to avoid obscuration with 袁 (衣 + 又) (Xuan, 2012).

Etymology 1

From 遭 (OC *ʔsluː, “to meet”) + nominal suffix *-t (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Variety	Location	edit 卒
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡su³⁵/
	Harbin	/t͡su²⁴/
	Tianjin	/t͡su⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/t͡su⁴²/
	Qingdao	/t͡su⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡su⁴²/
	Xi'an	/t͡sou²⁴/
	Xining	/t͡ɕy²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/t͡su¹³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡su⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡su⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/t͡səu²¹³/
	Chengdu	/t͡su³¹/
	Guiyang	/t͡ɕiu²¹/
	Kunming	/t͡su³¹/
	Nanjing	/t͡suʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/t͡suəʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡suəʔ²/
	Pingyao	/t͡ɕyʌʔ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/t͡suəʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡səʔ⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡səʔ⁵/
	Hangzhou	/t͡soʔ⁵/
	Wenzhou	/t͡sai²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕyʔ²¹/ /t͡ɕyeʔ²¹/
	Tunxi	/t͡sən²⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡səu²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/t͡səi²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sɨʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sut̚¹/
	Taoyuan	/t͡sut̚²²/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡søt̚⁵/
	Nanning	/t͡syt̚⁵⁵/ /t͡sɐt̚⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/t͡søt̚⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/t͡sut̚³²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/t͡souʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/t͡so²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/t͡suk̚²/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/tut̚⁵/

Rime
Character	卒
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	沒 (56)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	臧没切
Baxter	tswot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡suət̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡suot̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡suət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡swət̚/
Li Rong	/t͡suət̚/
Wang Li	/t͡suət̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡suət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyut3

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	卒
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zú
Middle Chinese	‹ tswot ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ˁut/
English	soldier
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	卒
Reading #	1/3
No.	17955
Phonetic component	卒
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	卒
Old Chinese	/*ʔsuːd/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zú (zu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zeot¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): dut²

• Gan (Wiktionary): ziit⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chut

  (Hailu, HRS): zud

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zud⁵

• Jin (Wiktionary): zueh⁴
• Northern Min (KCR): cŏ
• Eastern Min (BUC): cúk
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zoh⁶ / zuoh⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chut

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zug⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷tseq
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zú
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zú
    • Wade–Giles: tsu²
    • Yale: dzú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzwu
    • Palladius: цзу (czu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zeot¹
    • Yale: jēut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoet⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêd¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵt̚⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: dut²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tut̚⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: ziit⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɨt̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chut
    • Hakka Romanization System: zud^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zud⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sut̚²/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: zud
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sut⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zud⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sut̚¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: zueh⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡suəʔ²/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cŏ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cúk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡souʔ²⁴/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zoh⁶
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ceoh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔʔ¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zuoh⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suoʔ²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chut
    • Tâi-lô: tsut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zud
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sut̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sut̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sut̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sut̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sut̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zug⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsuk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suk̚²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷tseq
    • MiniDict: tseh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴tseq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡səʔ⁵⁵/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: zou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡səu̯²⁴/

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• Dialectal data

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• Middle Chinese: tswot

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ˤut/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsuːd/

Definitions

卒

1. soldier
2. servant
3. (xiangqi) pawn; private; soldier: 🩭 (on the black side)

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		卒子
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	卒兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	小卒兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	小卒兒, 卒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	卒子, 小卒
	Xi'an	卒子, 卒, 小卒
	Xining	卒, 卒子, 尕卒兒
	Xuzhou	小卒, 小卒子, 小卒兒, 卒頭子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	卒
	Lanzhou	卒子, 卒
	Ürümqi	卒兒, 卒子, 卒娃子
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	卒子, 卒
	Guiyang	卒子, 卒, 小卒子, 小卒
	Liuzhou	卒崽, 卒
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	小卒, 卒子
	Yangzhou	卒子, 小卒子
Cantonese	Hong Kong	卒
	Dongguan	卒
Gan	Nanchang	卒子, 卒
	Lichuan	卒
	Pingxiang	卒仔, 卒
Hakka	Meixian	卒
	Yudu	卒子, 卒
Huizhou	Jixi	卒
Jin	Taiyuan	卒子
	Xinzhou	卒子, 黑卒子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	卒仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	卒, 卒囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	卒仔, 卒
	Quanzhou	卒仔, 卒
	Zhangzhou	卒仔, 卒
	Tainan	卒仔
	Leizhou	卒囝
	Haikou	卒
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	卒崽, 卒
Wu	Shanghai	卒
	Shanghai (Chongming)	卒
	Suzhou	卒
	Danyang	卒, 卒卒
	Hangzhou	卒卒兒
	Ningbo	卒格, 卒格爛眼
	Wenzhou	卒兒, 爛頭卒
	Jinhua	卒
Xiang	Changsha	卒子, 卒
	Loudi	卒子, 卒

Dialectal synonyms of 卒子 (“xiangqi black pawn”) [map]

Coordinate terms

• (Chinese chess pieces) 帥 / 帅 (shuài) / 將 / 将 (jiàng), 仕 (shì) / 士 (shì), 相 / 象 (xiàng), 俥 / 伡 / 車 / 车 (jū), 傌 / 㐷 / 馬 / 马 (mǎ), 炮 / 砲 / 炮, 兵 (bīng) / 卒 (zú)

Compounds

• 一兵一卒
• 丟卒保車 / 丢卒保车 (diūzúbǎojū)
• 傔卒
• 傲卒多敗 / 傲卒多败
• 兵卒 (bīngzú)
• 勇夫悍卒
• 卒乘
• 卒仔
• 卒伍
• 卒子 (zúzi)
• 句卒
• 士卒 (shìzú)
• 宿將舊卒 / 宿将旧卒
• 小卒 (xiǎozú)
• 復卒 / 复卒
• 戍卒 (shùzú)
• 暴卒 (bàozú)
• 步卒 (bùzú)
• 烏合之卒 / 乌合之卒
• 無名小卒 / 无名小卒 (wúmíng xiǎozú)
• 獄卒 / 狱卒 (yùzú)
• 瓦合之卒
• 甲卒
• 禁卒
• 街卒
• 販夫走卒 / 贩夫走卒 (fànfūzǒuzú)
• 走卒 (zǒuzú)
• 身先士卒 (shēnxiānshìzú)
• 躬先士卒
• 輕卒銳兵 / 轻卒锐兵
• 過河卒子 / 过河卒子 (guòhé zúzi)
• 邏卒 / 逻卒
• 部卒
• 集兵練卒 / 集兵练卒 (jí bīng liàn zú)
• 馬前卒 / 马前卒 (mǎqiánzú)
• 騶卒 / 驺卒
• 鬼卒

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (卒):

• → Japanese: 卒(そつ) (sotsu)
• → Korean: 졸(卒) (jol)
• → Vietnamese: tốt (卒)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from ST *(t/d)u-n/t? Related to 瘁/悴, 酋, 傮, 造, 秋?”)

Pronunciation

Variety	Location	edit 卒
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡su³⁵/
	Harbin	/t͡su²⁴/
	Tianjin	/t͡su⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/t͡su⁴²/
	Qingdao	/t͡su⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡su⁴²/
	Xi'an	/t͡sou²⁴/
	Xining	/t͡ɕy²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/t͡su¹³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡su⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡su⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/t͡səu²¹³/
	Chengdu	/t͡su³¹/
	Guiyang	/t͡ɕiu²¹/
	Kunming	/t͡su³¹/
	Nanjing	/t͡suʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/t͡suəʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡suəʔ²/
	Pingyao	/t͡ɕyʌʔ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/t͡suəʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡səʔ⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡səʔ⁵/
	Hangzhou	/t͡soʔ⁵/
	Wenzhou	/t͡sai²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕyʔ²¹/ /t͡ɕyeʔ²¹/
	Tunxi	/t͡sən²⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡səu²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/t͡səi²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sɨʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sut̚¹/
	Taoyuan	/t͡sut̚²²/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡søt̚⁵/
	Nanning	/t͡syt̚⁵⁵/ /t͡sɐt̚⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/t͡søt̚⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/t͡sut̚³²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/t͡souʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/t͡so²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/t͡suk̚²/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/tut̚⁵/

Rime
Character	卒
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	術 (52)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	子聿切
Baxter	tswit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siuɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʷit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjuet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡swit̚/
Li Rong	/t͡siuĕt̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭuĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯uĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ju
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zeot1

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	卒
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zú
Middle Chinese	‹ tswit ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ut/
English	finish, die
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	卒
Reading #	3/3
No.	17964
Phonetic component	卒
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	卒
Old Chinese	/*ʔsud/
Notes	裘錫圭康殷皆雲金文象衣加劃表衣縫製完結

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zú (zu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zeot¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): dut²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chut

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zud⁵

• Eastern Min (BUC): cúk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chut

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zug⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷tseq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zú
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zú
    • Wade–Giles: tsu²
    • Yale: dzú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzwu
    • Palladius: цзу (czu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zeot¹
    • Yale: jēut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoet⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêd¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵt̚⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: dut²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tut̚⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chut
    • Hakka Romanization System: zud^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zud⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sut̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zud⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sut̚¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cúk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡souʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chut
    • Tâi-lô: tsut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zud
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sut̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sut̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sut̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sut̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sut̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zug⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsuk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suk̚²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷tseq
    • MiniDict: tseh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴tseq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡səʔ⁵⁵/

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• Dialectal data

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• Middle Chinese: tswit

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ut/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsud/

Definitions

卒

1. to finish
2. to pass away; to die

   卒於1992年／卒于1992年  ―  zú yú 1992 nián  ―  die in 1992

3. at last; finally

Compounds

• 卒之
• 卒哭
• 卒年 (zúnián)
• 卒業 / 卒业 (zúyè)
• 卒歲 / 卒岁 (zúsuì)
• 暴卒 (bàozú)
• 有始有卒
• 為德不卒 / 为德不卒
• 聊以卒歲 / 聊以卒岁 (liáoyǐzúsuì)
• 鬱卒 / 郁卒 (yùzú)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	卒
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	沒 (56)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	倉没切
Baxter	tshwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰuət̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰuot̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰwət̚/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰuət̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰuət̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰuət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyut3

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	卒
Reading #	2/3
No.	17959
Phonetic component	卒
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	猝
Old Chinese	/*sʰuːd/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cù (cu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyut³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zui⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cù
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cù
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻu⁴
    • Yale: tsù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuh
    • Palladius: цу (cu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cyut³
    • Yale: chyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: qud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zui⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsŭi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sui³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tshwot

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰuːd/

Definitions

卒

1. Alternative form of 猝 (cù, “hurried; suddenly”)

Compounds

• 倉卒 / 仓卒 (cāngcù)
• 卒中
• 卒乍 (cùzhà)
• 卒倒
• 卒卒
• 卒律律
• 卒然

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuì (cui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuèi
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻui⁴
    • Yale: tswèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuey
    • Palladius: цуй (cuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

Definitions

卒

1. Alternative form of 倅 (cuì)

References

• “卒”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00437

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 卒

卒

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. low-ranking soldier^[1]
2. servant
3. end, finish
4. suddenly
5. die, pass away
6. finally

Readings

• Go-on: そち (sochi)、しゅち (shuchi)
• Kan-on: そつ (sotsu, Jōyō)、しゅつ (shutsu)
• Kun: にわかに (niwaka ni, 卒かに)^{←にはかに (nifakani, 卒かに, historical)}、おわる (owaru, 卒わる)^{←をはる (wofaru, 卒はる, historical)}、おえる (oeru, 卒える)^{←をへる (woferu, 卒へる, historical)}、ついに (tsuini, 卒に)^{←つひに (tufini, 卒に, historical)}、しもべ (shimobe, 卒)

Compounds

• 士(し)卒(そつ) (shisotsu, “officers and soldiers, soldiers”)
• 将(しょう)卒(そつ) (shōsotsu, “officers and soldiers”)
• 卒(そつ)乳(にゅう) (sotsunyū, “weaning”)
• 卒(しゅっ)する (shussuru, “to die”)
• 卒(そっ)する (sossuru, “to die”)
• 卒去(しゅっきょ) (shukkyo, “death (of person of high position)”)
• 卒去(そっきょ) (sokkyo, “death (of person of high position)”)

Kanji in this term
卒
そつ Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そつ [sóꜜtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [so̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

卒(そつ) • (sotsu) 

1. low-ranking soldier
2. Short for 卒業.
3. Short for 卒族.
4. Short for 卒去.

References

1. “卒”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 卒 (MC tswot, “soldier”).

Historical readings

• Recorded as Middle Korean 조ᇙ〮 (Yale: cwólq) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
• Recorded as Middle Korean 졸〮 (cwól)^訓 (Yale: cwól) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
• Recorded as Middle Korean 졸 (cwol)^訓 (Yale: cwol) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [졸]

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

卒

Wikisource 卒 (eumhun 군사 졸 (gunsa jol))

1. hanja form^? of 졸 (“soldier”)

Compounds

• 병졸 (兵卒, byeongjol)
• 졸병 (卒兵, jolbyeong, “lowest ranking soldier”)
• 포졸 (捕卒, pojol)

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 卒 (MC tswit, “finish”).

Historical readings

• Recorded as Middle Korean 쥬ᇙ〮 (Yale: cyúlq) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
• Recorded as Middle Korean 졸 (cwol)^訓 (Yale: cwol) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [졸]

Hanja

卒 (eumhun 마칠 졸 (machil jol))

1. hanja form^? of 졸 (“to finish”)
2. hanja form^? of 졸 (“to pass away; to die”)

Compounds

• 고졸 (高卒, gojol)
• 뇌졸중 (腦卒中, noejoljung)
• 대졸 (大卒, daejol)
• 병졸 (病卒, byeongjol)
• 졸년 (卒年, jollyeon)
• 졸도 (卒倒, joldo)
• 졸업 (卒業, joreop, “graduation”)
• 졸업식 (卒業式, joreopsik)
• 중졸 (中卒, jungjol)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

卒: Hán Nôm readings: tốt, chốt, tuất

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