帥

帥 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹口中月 (HRLB), four-corner 2472₇, composition ⿰𠂤巾)

• 𣈪, 𦝭, 𧍓

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 331, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8886
• Dae Jaweon: page 636, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 737, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5E25

Historical forms of the character 帥
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 寻 (“two hands”) + 巾 (“scarf”) - to wear a scarf. Shuowen Jiezi interprets it as Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sruds, *srud) : phonetic 𠂤 (*C.tˤuj) + semantic 巾.

Also written as 率 (OC *sruds, *rud, *srud, “to lead”); both represent the s-causative of 律 (OC *rud, “to follow”). Cognate with Tibetan སྲིད (srid, “commander, leader”).

帥

1. (military) to command; to lead (and give orders to); to designate

   • 子曰：「三軍可奪帥也，匹夫不可奪志也。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子曰：「三军可夺帅也，匹夫不可夺志也。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE

     Zǐyuē: “Sānjūn kě duó shuài yě, pǐfū bùkě duó zhì yě.”

     The Master said: "The three armies' commander can be seized. The common man's will cannot be deprived."

   • 上帥士以人之所戴，則上下和。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     上帅士以人之所戴，则上下和。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Guanzi, 5^th century BCE to 220 CE

     Shàng shuài shì yǐ rén zhī suǒ dài, zé shàngxià hé.

     If the king appoints respected officers as commanders, there will be harmony in the military.

   • 4th cent. BC, 《竹書紀年》 (Bamboo Annals), s.v. "周宣王" (Xuan King):

     五年... 秋八月，方叔帥師伐荊蠻

     Year 5 ... Autumn, Month 8: "Uncle" Fang led a force to slaughter the Jingman.

2. to lead; to guide

   • 季康子問政於孔子。孔子對曰：「政者，正也。子帥以正，孰敢不正？」 [MSC, trad.]
     季康子问政于孔子。孔子对曰：「政者，正也。子帅以正，孰敢不正？」 [MSC, simp.]

     Jì Kāng Zǐ wèn zhèng yú Kǒngzǐ. Kǒngzǐ duì yuē: “Zhèng zhě, zhèng yě. Zǐ shuài yǐ zhèng, shú gǎn bùzhèng?”

     The philosopher Ji Kang asked Confucius about government; Confucius answered: "To govern is to rectify. When you lead correctly, who'd dare be not correct?"

3. (to be a) role model; example
4. to follow; to adhere to

   帥教／帅教  ―  shuàijiào  ―  to follow guidance

5. rapid; sharp; sudden

   帥然／帅然  ―  shuàirán  ―  suddenly, rapidly

   帥爾／帅尔  ―  shuài'ěr  ―  rapidly

6. commander-in-chief; marshal
7. officialdom; senior officials
8. (of a person or a thing) leader; guider; leading factor
9. (xiangqi) marshal: 🩠, the chief piece (on the red side)
10. (colloquial, of men) handsome; good-looking; hot

    帥呆／帅呆  ―  shuàidāi  ―  to be very good-looking

    帥哥／帅哥  ―  shuàigē  ―  handsome guy

11. (colloquial) elegant; beautiful; splendid; impressive
12. a surname: Shuai

• (handsome):

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

• 帨 (shuì, “shawl, mantelet”) - may be used interchangeably; forms the character etymology of 帥.
• 率 (shuài, “to lead”) - may be used interchangeably
• 將／将 (jiàng, “officer”)

(Jōyō kanji)

1. commander

• Go-on: すい (sui, Jōyō)^{←すゐ (swi, historical)}、そち (sochi)
• Kan-on: すい (sui, Jōyō)^{←すゐ (swi, historical)}、そつ (sotsu)
• Kun: ひきいる (hikiiru, 帥いる)^{←ひきゐる (fikiwiru, 帥ゐる, historical)}

From Middle Chinese 帥 (MC srwijH). Recorded as Middle Korean 슈〮 (syú) (Yale: syu) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

帥

Wikisource

帥 (eumhun 장수 수 (jangsu su))

1. hanja form^? of 수 (“commander”)

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

帥: Hán Nôm readings: suất, súy/suý, súy/suý, soái

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