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Translingual
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). |
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Japanese
Kanji
随
(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 隨)
- follow, though, notwithstanding
- while, during, according to
- to obey, submit, comply, act as one is told to
Readings
- Go-on: ずい (zui, Jōyō)←ずゐ (zwi, historical)
- Kan-on: すい (sui)←すゐ (swi, historical)
- Kun: したがう (shitagau, 随う)←したがふ (sitagafu, 随ふ, historical)、まにま (manima, 随)、まにまに (manima ni, 随に)、まま (mama, 随)
- Nanori: あや (aya, 随)、みち (michi, 随)、ゆき (yuki, 随)、より (yori, 随)
Usage notes
- Most dictionaries proscribe historical -uwi readings すゐ (suwi), ずゐ (zuwi), つゐ (tuwi), ゆゐ (yuwi), and るゐ (ruwi).
Compounds
- 随意 (zuii): voluntary, optional
- 随一 (zuiichi): one of the best, greatest
- 随員 (zuiin)
- 随園 (zuien)
- 随縁 (zuien)
- 随和 (zuika)
- 随感 (zuikan)
- 随喜 (zuiki)
- 随契 (zuikei)
- 随行 (zuikō)
- 随坐 (zuiza)
- 随事 (zuiji)
- 随時 (zuiji): at any time
- 随手 (zuishu)
- 随従 (zuijū)
- 随順 (zuijun)
- 随所, 随処 (zuisho): everywhere
- 随性 (zuishō)
- 随身 (zuishin)
- 随身 (zuijin)
- 随想 (zuisō)
- 随逐 (zuichiku)
- 随伴 (zuihan)
- 随筆 (zuihitsu): essays, jottings, miscellaneous writings
- 随兵 (zuihyō)
- 随風 (zuifū)
- 随分 (zuibun): very, considerably, extremely
- 随歩 (zuiho)
- 随和 (zuiwa)
- 委随, 逶随 (izui)
- 気随 (kizui)
- 詭随 (kizui)
- 肩随 (kenzui)
- 跟随 (konzui)
- 唱随, 倡随 (shōzui)
- 追随 (tsuizui)
- 不随 (fuzui)
- 附随, 付随 (fuzui)
Etymology 1
Alternative spelling
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隨 (kyūjitai)
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Clipping of 気随 (kizui, “wandering mind; capriciousness”).
Pronunciation
Noun
随 • (zui)
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Adjective
随 • (zui) †-nari
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Inflection
Stem forms
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Irrealis (未然形)
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随なら |
ずいなら |
zuinara
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Continuative (連用形)
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随に 随なり |
ずいに ずいなり |
zuini zuinari
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Terminal (終止形)
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随なり |
ずいなり |
zuinari
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Attributive (連体形)
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随なる |
ずいなる |
zuinaru
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Realis (已然形)
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随なれ |
ずいなれ |
zuinare
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Imperative (命令形)
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随なれ |
ずいなれ |
zuinare
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Key constructions
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Negative
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随ならず |
ずいならず |
zuinarazu
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Contrasting conjunction
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随なれど |
ずいなれど |
zuinaredo
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Causal conjunction
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随なれば |
ずいなれば |
zuinareba
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Conditional conjunction
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随ならば |
ずいならば |
zuinaraba
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Past tense (firsthand knowledge)
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随なりき |
ずいなりき |
zuinariki
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Past tense (secondhand knowledge)
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随なりけり |
ずいなりけり |
zuinarikeri
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Adverbial
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随に |
ずいに |
zuini
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Without auxiliary verb. With auxiliary verb.
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Etymology 2
Alternative spellings
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隨 (kyūjitai) 随意
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From Old Japanese.
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Pronunciation
Noun
随 • (manima)
- following, accompaniment, compliance
Derived terms
Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of 随 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 随, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Korean
Hanja
随 • (su) (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune–Reischauer su, Yale swu)
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