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Translingual
Han character
遵 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+12, 16 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 15 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 卜廿田戈 (YTWI), four-corner 38304, composition ⿺辶尊)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1264, character 26
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39118
- Dae Jaweon: page 1760, character 25
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3885, character 1
- Unihan data for U+9075
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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尊
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*ʔsuːn
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樽
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*ʔsuːn
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罇
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*ʔsuːn
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嶟
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*ʔsuːn, *ʔsun
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繜
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*ʔsuːn
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撙
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*ʔsuːnʔ
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噂
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*ʔsuːnʔ
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譐
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*ʔsuːnʔ
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僔
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*ʔsuːnʔ
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蹲
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*zuːn
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鱒
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*zuːnʔ, *zuːns
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鐏
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*zuːns
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遵
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*ʔsun
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鷷
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*ʔsun, *zun
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墫
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*sʰun
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竴
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*sʰun
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsun) : semantic 辵 (“walk”) + phonetic 尊 (OC *ʔsuːn). However, the phonetic component (offering a vessel of wine) conveys the concept of veneration and showing respect, which is linked to "follow; obey".
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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遵
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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zūn
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Middle Chinese
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‹ tswin ›
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Old Chinese
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/*u/
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English
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follow (a road)
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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遵
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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17997
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Phonetic component
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尊
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Rime group
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文
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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遵
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Old Chinese
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/*ʔsun/
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Definitions
遵
- to follow; to go along
- to obey; to comply with
Compounds
Japanese
Shinjitai
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遵
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Kyūjitai [1]
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遵󠄁 遵+󠄁 ? (Adobe-Japan1)
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遵󠄅 遵+󠄅 ? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji
遵
(Jōyō kanji)
- abide by, obey, follow
Readings
References
Korean
Hanja
遵 • (jun) (hangeul 준, revised jun, McCune–Reischauer chun, Yale cwun)
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Vietnamese
Han character
遵: Hán Nôm readings: tuân
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