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Translingual [edit]

Han character [edit]

(radical 50 +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹口中月 (HRLB), four-corner 24727)

  1. commander, commander-in-chief
  2. handsome

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 331, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8886
  • Dae Jaweon: page 636, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 737, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5E25

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(simplified , jyutping seoi3, Yale seui3)


Hakka [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(POJ sài, sut, Guangdong sai3 [Meixian], soi5, sut7, sai5 [Hailu])

References [edit]


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings [edit]


Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul , , revised sol, su, McCune-Reischauer sol, su)


Mandarin [edit]

simpl.
trad.

Hanzi [edit]

(simplified , pinyin shuài (shuai4), Wade-Giles shuai4)

Adjective [edit]

(traditional, Pinyin shuài, simplified )

  1. elegant; beautiful
  2. (slang) handsome (of men)

Synonyms [edit]

Noun [edit]

(traditional, Pinyin shuài, simplified )

  1. commander-in-chief
    元帅
    marshal; supreme commander

Verb [edit]

(traditional, Pinyin shuài, simplified )

  1. (literary) to command (e.g. an army)

Middle Chinese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(shruì)


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(suất, soái, suý, suý)