述

述 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+5, 9 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 8 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 卜戈木 (YID) or 卜戈十金 (YIJC), four-corner 3330₉, composition ⿺辶术(GV) or ⿺辶朮(HTJK))

• 𬾬, 𣉐, 𮘣, 𨩔, 𬨳, 𬩋, 鶐
• 蒁 (Exception: Only for Chinese character form. Japanese character form is written ⿺辶𦬸 instead)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1255, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38803
• Dae Jaweon: page 1738, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3822, character 13
• Unihan data for U+8FF0

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɦljud) : semantic 辵 (“walk”) + phonetic 朮 (OC *l'ud, *ɦljud).

述

1. to follow; to adhere to; to observe; to obey; to go by
2. to state; to narrate; to relate; to recount

   述職／述职  ―  shùzhí  ―  to report on one's work

3. to inherit and transmit; to expound and impart (theories put forth by the predecessors)

   • 子曰：「述而不作，信而好古，竊比於我老彭。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子曰：「述而不作，信而好古，窃比于我老彭。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zǐ yuē: “Shù ér bù zuò, xìn ér hàogǔ, qiè bǐ yú wǒ Lǎopéng.”

     The Master said, “A transmitter and not a maker, believing in and loving the ancients, I venture to compare myself with our old Peng.”

   • 聖君獨有之，故能述仁義於天下。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     圣君独有之，故能述仁义于天下。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Lord Shang, circa 3^rd century BCE

     Shèngjūn dú yǒu zhī, gù néng shù rényì yú tiānxià.

     Only a sage-prince possesses it , and therefore he is able to transmit benevolence and righteousness to the empire.

4. works; writings; account; recount
5. a surname

• “述”, 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–

Shinjitai	述
Kyūjitai [1][2][3]	述󠄁 述+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	述󠄃 述+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. state, express

• Go-on: じゅつ (jutsu, Jōyō)、ずち (zuchi)
• Kan-on: しゅつ (shutsu)
• Kun: のべる (noberu, 述べる, Jōyō)
• Nanori: あきら (akira)、とも (tomo)、のぶ (nobu)、のぶる (noburu)、のり (nori)

From Middle Chinese 述 (MC zywit).

• (Tokyo) じゅつ (Atamadaka – )^[4]
• IPA^(key):

述(じゅつ) • (jutsu) 

1. statement

述 (eumhun 펼 술 (pyeol sul))

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述: Hán Nôm readings: thuật

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