随

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See also: 隨
随 U+968F, 随
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-968F
← 階
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 隐 →

Translingual

Japanese 随
Simplified 随
Traditional 隨

Etymology

Simplified from 隨 (遀 → 迶) in simplified Chinese and Japanese shinjitai.

Han character

随 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+9, 11 strokes in Chinese, 12 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 弓中卜大月 (NLYKB) or 難弓中卜大 (XNLYK), composition ⿰阝迶)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1359, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41764
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1862, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4143, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+968F

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 随 – see 隨 (“to follow; to listen to; to submit; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of 隨).
Notes:

Japanese

Shinjitai

随

Kyūjitai

隨

Kanji

随

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 隨)

  1. follow, though, notwithstanding
  2. while, during, according to
  3. to obey, submit, comply, act as one is told to

Readings

Usage notes

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
随
ずい
Grade: S
goon
Alternative spelling
隨 (kyūjitai)

Clipping of 気随 (kizui, “wandering mind; capriciousness”).

Pronunciation

Noun

随(ずい) • (zui) 

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Adjective

随(ずい) • (zui) †-nari

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Inflection
Classical conjugation of "随なり" (ナリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 随なら ずいなら zuinara
Continuative (連用形) 随に
随なり		 ずいに
ずいなり		 zuini
zuinari
Terminal (終止形) 随なり ずいなり zuinari
Attributive (連体形) 随なる ずいなる zuinaru
Realis (已然形) 随なれ ずいなれ zuinare
Imperative (命令形) 随なれ ずいなれ zuinare
Key constructions
Negative 随ならず ずいならず zuinarazu
Contrasting conjunction 随なれど ずいなれど zuinaredo
Causal conjunction 随なれば ずいなれば zuinareba
Conditional conjunction 随ならば ずいならば zuinaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 随なりき ずいなりき zuinariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 随なりけり ずいなりけり zuinarikeri
Adverbial 随に ずいに zuini
Without auxiliary verb.
With auxiliary verb.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
随
まにま
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
隨 (kyūjitai)
随意

From Old Japanese. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

随(まにま) • (manima) 

  1. following, accompaniment, compliance
Derived terms

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 随 – see the following entry.
【儘まま】H
the same, unchanged state; state as it is
(mostly in the form 儘になる (mama ni naru)) the desired or ideal state; freedom
act of leaving things as it is
Alternative spellings
任, 侭, まんま
(This term, 随, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

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

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