遂
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See also: 逐
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Han character
遂 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+9, 13 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 12 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 卜廿心人 (YTPO), four-corner 38303, composition ⿺辶㒸)
Derived terms
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1260, character 32
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38985
- Dae Jaweon: page 1751, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3862, character 3
- Unihan data for U+9042
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 遂 | ||
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| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ljuds) : semantic 辵 + phonetic 㒸 (). The original version is 㒸, which has no reference to pigs (the pig is a phonetic component).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi6 / seoi5
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sui
- Northern Min (KCR): sṳ̄
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6zoe
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: suèi
- Wade–Giles: sui4
- Yale: swèi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suey
- Palladius: суй (suj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: seoi6 / seoi5
- Yale: seuih / séuih
- Cantonese Pinyin: soey6 / soey5
- Guangdong Romanization: sêu6 / sêu5
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɵy̯²²/, /sɵy̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sui
- Hakka Romanization System: sui
- Hagfa Pinyim: sui4
- Sinological IPA: /su̯i⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sṳ̄
- Sinological IPA (key): /sy⁵⁵/
- (Jian'ou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: zwijH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*sə-lu[t]-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ljuds/
Definitions
遂
- to fulfill; to satisfy
- to comply; to follow along
- to complete; to succeed
- 金玉滿堂，莫之能守；富貴而驕，自遺其咎。功遂身退天之道。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Tao Te Ching, 4th century BCE
- Jīnyùmǎntáng, mò zhī néng shǒu; fùguì ér jiāo, zì yí qí jiù. Gōng suì shēn tuì tiān zhī dào. [Pinyin]
- When gold and jade fill the hall, their possessor cannot keep them safe. When wealth and honours lead to arrogancy, this brings its evil on itself. When the work is completed, and one's name is becoming distinguished, to withdraw into obscurity is the way of Heaven.
金玉满堂，莫之能守；富贵而骄，自遗其咎。功遂身退天之道。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- then; consequently; thereupon
- 遂命子貢為之主，曰：「為爾哭也來者，拜之。知伯高而來者，勿拜也。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE
- Suì mìng Zǐgòng wèi zhī zhǔ, yuē: “Wèi ěr kū yě lái zhě, bài zhī. Zhī Bógāo ér lái zhě, wù bài yě.” [Pinyin]
- Thus he ordered Zi-gong to act as presiding mourner on the occasion, saying to him, "Bow to those who come because you have a wailing in your house, but do not bow to those who come (simply) because they knew Bo-gao."
遂命子贡为之主，曰：「为尔哭也来者，拜之。知伯高而来者，勿拜也。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- 反歸取之，及反，市罷，遂不得履。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Han Feizi, circa 2nd century BCE
- Fǎn guī qǔ zhī, jí fǎn, shì bà, suì bùdé lǚ. [Pinyin]
- He returned home to get the measurements, but by the time he got back to the market, it had already closed. Therefore, he could not buy the shoes.
反归取之，及反，市罢，遂不得履。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- † to proceed; to head for
- † to recommend; to promote
- † to grow; to ripen
Compounds
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