遂

See also: 逐

遂 U+9042, 遂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9042 ← 遁 [U+9041] CJK Unified Ideographs 遃 → [U+9043]

Translingual

Han character

遂 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+9, 13 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 12 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 卜廿心人 (YTPO), four-corner 3830₃, composition ⿺辶㒸)

Derived terms

• 燧, 穟, 邃, 襚, 旞, 𨽵

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1260, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38985
• Dae Jaweon: page 1751, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3862, character 3
• Unihan data for U+9042

Chinese

trad.		遂
simp. #		遂

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 遂
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (遂) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
隊	*l'uːds
邃	*sluds
譢	*sluds
遂	*ljuds
隧	*ljuds
燧	*ljuds
襚	*ljuds
旞	*ljuds
璲	*ljuds
檖	*ljuds
澻	*ljuds
鐆	*ljuds
鐩	*ljuds
穟	*ljuds
墜	*l'uds

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ljuds) : semantic 辵 + phonetic 㒸 (). The original version is 㒸, which has no reference to pigs (the pig is a phonetic component).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suì (sui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁶ / seoi⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sui
• Northern Min (KCR): sṳ̄
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sūi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sui⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suì
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suèi
    • Wade–Giles: sui⁴
    • Yale: swèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suey
    • Palladius: суй (suj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: seoi⁶ / seoi⁵
    • Yale: seuih / séuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁶ / soey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁶ / sêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯²²/, /sɵy̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sui
    • Hakka Romanization System: sui
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sui⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /su̯i⁵⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sy⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūi
    • Tâi-lô: suī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sui
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sui²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sui²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sui³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sui⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sûi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sui⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zoe
    • MiniDict: zoe^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zø²³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 遂
Mandarin	Beijing	/suei⁵¹/
	Harbin	/suei²⁴/
	Tianjin	/suei⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/suei⁴²/
	Qingdao	/sue⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/suei⁴²/
	Xi'an	/suei²⁴/
	Xining	/suɨ²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/suei⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/suei¹³/
	Ürümqi	/suei⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/sei³⁵/
	Chengdu	/ɕy¹³/ /suei¹³/
	Guiyang	/ɕi²¹³/
	Kunming	/suei²¹²/
	Nanjing	/suəi⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/se⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/suei⁴⁵/
	Pingyao
	Hohhot	/suei⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/zø²³/
	Suzhou	/ze̞³¹/
	Hangzhou	/zz̩ʷei¹³/
	Wenzhou	/zz̩²²/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕʰy²²/
	Tunxi
Xiang	Changsha	/sei⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/səi⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/sui²¹/ ～川縣
Hakka	Meixian	/sui⁵³/
	Taoyuan	/sui⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/søy²²/
	Nanning	/ɬui²²/
	Hong Kong	/søy²²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/sui²²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/suɔi²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/sy⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/sui⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/t͡sui³³/

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• Middle Chinese: zwijH

Rime
Character	遂
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	徐醉切
Baxter	zwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ziuɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/zʷiH/
Shao Rongfen	/zjuɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zwiH/
Li Rong	/zuiH/
Wang Li	/zwiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/zwiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	suì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*sə-lu[t]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ljuds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	遂
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	suì
Middle Chinese	‹ zwijH ›
Old Chinese	/*sə-lu[t]-s/
English	advance (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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	遂
Reading #	1/1
No.	12148
Phonetic component	遂
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	遂
Old Chinese	/*ljuds/
Notes	初文無辵，象呼豕前來

Definitions

遂

1. to fulfill; to satisfy
2. to comply; to follow along
3. to complete; to succeed

   • 金玉滿堂，莫之能守；富貴而驕，自遺其咎。功遂身退天之道。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     金玉满堂，莫之能守；富贵而骄，自遗其咎。功遂身退天之道。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tao Te Ching, 4^th century BCE

     Jīnyùmǎntáng, mò zhī néng shǒu; fùguì ér jiāo, zì yí qí jiù. Gōng suì shēn tuì tiān zhī dào. [Pinyin]

     When gold and jade fill the hall, their possessor cannot keep them safe. When wealth and honours lead to arrogancy, this brings its evil on itself. When the work is completed, and one's name is becoming distinguished, to withdraw into obscurity is the way of Heaven.

4. then; consequently; thereupon

   • 遂命子貢為之主，曰：「為爾哭也來者，拜之。知伯高而來者，勿拜也。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     遂命子贡为之主，曰：「为尔哭也来者，拜之。知伯高而来者，勿拜也。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Suì mìng Zǐgòng wèi zhī zhǔ, yuē: “Wèi ěr kū yě lái zhě, bài zhī. Zhī Bógāo ér lái zhě, wù bài yě.” [Pinyin]

     Thus he ordered Zi-gong to act as presiding mourner on the occasion, saying to him, "Bow to those who come because you have a wailing in your house, but do not bow to those who come (simply) because they knew Bo-gao."

   • 反歸取之，及反，市罷，遂不得履。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     反归取之，及反，市罢，遂不得履。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Han Feizi, circa 2^nd century BCE

     Fǎn guī qǔ zhī, jí fǎn, shì bà, suì bùdé lǚ. [Pinyin]

     He returned home to get the measurements, but by the time he got back to the market, it had already closed. Therefore, he could not buy the shoes.

   • 姜原以為神，遂收養長之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     姜原以为神，遂收养长之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

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

     Jiāngyuán yǐwèi shén, suì shōuyǎng zhǎng zhī. [Pinyin]

     Jiang Yuan thought it was a miracle and consequently adopted and raised him.

5. ^† to proceed; to head for

   • 羝羊觸藩，不能退，不能遂。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     羝羊触藩，不能退，不能遂。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th century BCE

     Dī yáng chù fān, bùnéng tuì, bùnéng suì. [Pinyin]

     The ram buts against the fence, unable either to retreat, or to advance as he would fain do.

6. ^† to recommend; to promote
7. ^† to grow; to ripen

   • 根之茂者其實遂，膏之沃者其光曄。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     根之茂者其实遂，膏之沃者其光晔。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 801, Han Yu (韓愈),《答李翊書》

     Gēn zhī mào zhě qí shí suì, gāo zhī wò zhě qí guāng yè. [Pinyin]

     If the root is strong, the fruit will be ripe; if the oil is abundant, the lamp will be bright.

Compounds

• 不遂
• 不遂心
• 不遂心懷／不遂心怀
• 不遂意
• 俯遂幽眇
• 功成名遂 (gōngchéngmíngsuì)
• 功遂身退
• 半身不遂
• 名成利遂
• 天年不遂
• 文過遂非／文过遂非
• 方遂
• 既遂犯
• 暢遂／畅遂
• 未遂 (wèisuì)
• 未遂犯
• 毛遂
• 毛遂自薦／毛遂自荐 (máosuìzìjiàn)
• 縱情遂欲／纵情遂欲
• 褚遂良
• 諸凡順遂／诸凡顺遂
• 遂事
• 遂其所願／遂其所愿
• 遂初
• 遂即
• 遂寧／遂宁 (Suìníng)
• 遂心 (suìxīn)
• 遂心如意
• 遂遂
• 陽遂足／阳遂足
• 順心遂意／顺心遂意
• 順遂／顺遂 (shùnsuì)
• 飾非遂過／饰非遂过
• 龔遂／龚遂
• 龔遂勸農／龚遂劝农

 

Japanese

Shinjitai	遂
Kyūjitai	遂󠄂 遂+󠄂? (Adobe-Japan1)
	遂󠄅 遂+󠄅? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

遂

(Jōyō kanji)

1. accomplish, attain, complete

Readings

• Go-on: ずい (zui)^{←ずゐ (zwi, historical)}
• Kan-on: すい (sui, Jōyō)^{←すゐ (swi, historical)}
• Kun: とぐ (togu, 遂ぐ)、とげる (togeru, 遂げる, Jōyō)、ついに (tsuini, 遂に)^{←つひに (tufini, 遂に, historical)}
• Nanori: かつ (katsu)、つく (tsuku)、つぐ (tsugu)、とげる (togeru)、なり (nari)、なる (naru)、みち (michi)、もろ (moro)、やす (yasu)、ゆき (yuki)、より (yori)

Usage notes

• Most dictionaries do not have "すゐ" and "ずゐ" as a historical reading for 遂. According to historical data, its on-reading are the modern "すい" and "ずい". However, the Dai Kanwa Jiten has the -ゐ historical on-readings.

Etymology

Kanji in this term
遂
つい Grade: S
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 遂 – see the following entry.

【終つい】3 [noun] end, conclusion [noun] end-of-life, death Alternative spelling 竟

(This term, 遂, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

遂: Hán Việt readings: toại

1. chữ Hán form of toại (“to fulfill; to complete”).