隨

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See also: 随, and ䷐
隨 U+96A8, 隨
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96A8
← 隧
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 隩 →

Translingual

Japanese 随
Simplified 随
Traditional 隨

Han character

隨 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 弓中卜大月 (NLYKB), four-corner 74232, composition ⿰阝遀)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1361, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41871
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1864, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4156, character 17
  • Unihan data for U+96A8

Chinese

trad. 隨
simp. 随
2nd round simp. 陏
alternative forms 遀 ancient form
䢫 historical form
𨼕 historical form
𨔳
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Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 隨
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Qin slip script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (隓) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
鬌 *ʔl'oːlʔ, *l'oːlʔ, *l'ol
隋 *l̥ʰoːlʔ, *l'oːlʔ, *ljol
墮 *l̥ʰoːlʔ, *l'oːlʔ, *hlol
媠 *l̥ʰoːlʔ, *l'oːls
橢 *l̥ʰoːlʔ
嫷 *l̥ʰoːls, *l'oːlʔ
毻 *l̥ʰoːls, *l̥ʰoːds
堶 *l'oːl
憜 *l'oːlʔ
惰 *l'oːlʔ, *l'oːls
嶞 *l'oːlʔ
髓 *slolʔ
瀡 *slolʔ, *slols
隨 *ljol
隓 *hlol
隳 *hlol
撱 *lolʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ljol) : semantic 辵 (“walking”) + abbreviated phonetic 𡐦

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 隨
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 邪 (17)
Final (韻) 支 (12)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 旬爲切
Baxter zjwe
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ziuᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/zʷiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/zjuɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/zwiə̆/
Li
Rong 		/ziue/
Wang
Li 		/zǐwe/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/zwie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		suí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ceoi4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 隨
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		suí
Middle
Chinese 		‹ zjwe ›
Old
Chinese 		/*sə.loj/
English follow

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 隨
Reading # 1/1
No. 5436
Phonetic
component 		隓
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		隨
Old
Chinese 		/*ljol/

Definitions

隨

  1. to follow
  2. to listen to; to submit
  3. to accompany
  4. (Northern Mandarin, of a person) to resemble (a parent in appearance or disposition)
    這孩子脾氣隨他爺爺。 [MSC, trad.]
    这孩子脾气随他爷爷。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè háizi píqi suí tā yéye.
    This boy’s bad temper is just like his grandfather’s.
  5. (colloquial) to chip in by giving one's portion of gift money, payment, red packet, etc. (e.g. when others get married)
  6. incidentally; conveniently; in passing
  7. to allow; to let somebody do as he or she pleases
  8. 17th hexagram of the I Ching; "following"
  9. (～縣) Sui (a county of Suizhou, Hubei, China)
  10. a surname: Sui

Synonyms

  • (to follow):
  • (to listen to):
  • (to resemble):
  • (incidentally):
  • (to allow):

Descendants

  • → English: Sui

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai

随

Kyūjitai

隨

Kanji

隨

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 随)

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Readings

  • Go-on: ずい (zui)
  • Kan-on: すい (sui)
  • Kun: したがう (shitagau, 隨う)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

隨: Hán Nôm readings: tùy/tuỳ, tòe/toè, xòe/xoè

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