雖

雖 (Kangxi radical 172, 隹+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 口戈人土 (RIOG), four-corner 6011₄, composition ⿰虽隹)

• 𡄪, 𥍃, 𧕘

• 虽 (Simplified Chinese)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1368, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42104
• Dae Jaweon: page 1872, character 39
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4103, character 5
• Unihan data for U+96D6

Historical forms of the character 雖
Spring and Autumn	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Qin slip script	Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sqʰʷi) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 唯 (OC *ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ).

Originally meaning "a lizard-like reptile", the character has been phonetically borrowed to represent the sense "although".

Jacques (2019) proposes this to be 維 (OC *ɢʷi, “to be”) with a converbial *s- prefix, literally "while being".

雖

1. although; even if; despite

   麻雀雖小，五臟俱全 [MSC, trad.]
   麻雀虽小，五脏俱全 [MSC, simp.]

   máquè suī xiǎo, wǔzàng jùquán

   A sparrow may be small, but it has all its vital organs. (proverb)

   • 周雖舊邦，其命維新 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     周虽旧邦，其命维新 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     zhōu suī jiù bāng, qí mìng wéi xīn

     Though Zhou is an ancient nation, our mandate is new as ever.

   • 雖九死其猶未悔。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     虽九死其犹未悔。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

     Suī jiǔ sǐ qí yóu wèi huǐ.

     Yet I will not regret, in spite of countless deaths.

   • 義之所在，雖死無所恨。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     义之所在，虽死无所恨。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

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

     Yì zhī suǒzài, suī sǐ wú suǒ hèn.

     Wherever yi exists, even in death there are no regrets.

   • 在你身邊路雖遠未疲倦 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     在你身边路虽远未疲倦 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1983, 鄧麗君 (lyricist 鄭國江), 漫步人生路

     zoi⁶ nei⁵ san¹ bin¹ lou⁶ seoi¹ jyun⁵ mei⁶ pei⁴ gyun⁶

     By your side, although the road is long, I am still not tired

   • 雖你我不一樣，我們一路唱，走往祝福的方向。 [MSC, trad.]
     虽你我不一样，我们一路唱，走往祝福的方向。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2008, 游智婷 (lyricist), 《我們愛（讓世界不一樣）》

     Suī nǐwǒ bùyīyàng, wǒmen yīlù chàng, zǒu wǎng zhùfú de fāngxiàng.

     God made us not the same, but we're together to sing a song of love.
     Although you and I are not the same, we will sing as we go towards the direction of blessings.

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

雖

1. ^† lizard-like reptile

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to 推?”)

雖

1. ^‡ to push

From Hokkien 衰 (soe, “unlucky”).

雖

1. (chiefly Taiwan, slang) Alternative form of 衰 (“unlucky; unimpressive”)

   太雖了！／太虽了！  ―  Tài suī le!  ―  So unlucky! / So boring!

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• Go-on: すい (sui)
• Kan-on: すい (sui)
• Kun: いえども (iedomo, 雖も)

雖 (eumhun 비록 수 (birok su))

1. hanja form^? of 수 (“although”)

雖 (eumhun 벌레 이름 수 (beolle ireum su))

1. hanja form^? of 수 (“The name of a bug”)

雖 (eumhun 짐승 이름 유 (jimseung ireum yu))

1. hanja form^? of 유 (“The name of a beast”)

雖: Hán Nôm readings: tuy

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