遂

Translingual

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

• 燧, 穟, 邃, 襚, 旞, 𨽵

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

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 遂
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ljuds) : semantic 辵 + phonetic 㒸 ().

Pronunciation

Definitions

遂

1. to fulfill; to satisfy
2. to comply; to follow along
3. 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.]
     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.]

     From: Tao Te Ching, 4^th century BCE

     Jīnyùmǎntáng, mò zhī néng shǒu; fùguì ér jiāo, zì yí qí jiù. Gōng suì shēn tuì tiān zhī dào.

     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.

4. 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.]
     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.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd 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.”

     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."

   • 反歸取之，及反，市罷，遂不得履。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     反归取之，及反，市罢，遂不得履。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Han Feizi, circa 2^nd century BCE

     Fǎn guī qǔ zhī, jí fǎn, shì bà, suì bùdé lǚ.

     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.

   • 姜原以為神，遂收養長之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     姜原以为神，遂收养长之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Jiāngyuán yǐwèi shén, suì shōuyǎng zhǎng zhī.

     Jiang Yuan thought it was a miracle and consequently adopted and raised him.

5. ^† to proceed; to head for

   • 羝羊觸藩，不能退，不能遂。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     羝羊触藩，不能退，不能遂。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th century BCE

     Dī yáng chù fān, bùnéng tuì, bùnéng suì.

     The ram buts against the fence, unable either to retreat, or to advance as he would fain do.

6. ^† to recommend; to promote
7. ^† to grow; to ripen

   • 根之茂者其實遂，膏之沃者其光曄。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     根之茂者其实遂，膏之沃者其光晔。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 801, Han Yu (韓愈),《答李翊書》

     Gēn zhī mào zhě qí shí suì, gāo zhī wò zhě qí guāng yè.

     If the root is strong, the fruit will be ripe; if the oil is abundant, the lamp will be bright.

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai	遂
Kyūjitai	遂󠄂 遂+󠄂? (Adobe-Japan1)
	遂󠄅 遂+󠄅? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. accomplish, attain, complete

Readings

• Go-on: ずい (zui)^{←ずゐ (zwi, historical)}
• Kan-on: すい (sui, Jōyō)^{←すゐ (swi, historical)}
• Kun: とぐ (togu, 遂ぐ); とげる (togeru, 遂げる, Jōyō); ついに (tsuini, 遂に)^{←つひに (tufini, 遂に, historical)}
• Nanori: かつ (katsu); つく (tsuku); つぐ (tsugu); とげる (togeru); なり (nari); なる (naru); みち (michi); もろ (moro); やす (yasu); ゆき (yuki); より (yori)

Usage notes

• Most dictionaries do not have "すゐ" and "ずゐ" as a historical reading for 遂. According to historical data, its on-reading are the modern "すい" and "ずい". However, the Dai Kanwa Jiten has the -ゐ historical on-readings.

Etymology

References

Korean

Hanja

遂 • (su) (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune–Reischauer su, Yale swu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

遂: Hán Việt readings: toại

1. chữ Hán form of toại (“to fulfill; to complete”).

References