夊

See also: 夂 and 攵

夊 U+590A, 夊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-590A ← 変 [U+5909] CJK Unified Ideographs 夋 → [U+590B]

⼢ U+2F22, ⼢ KANGXI RADICAL GO SLOWLY ← ⼡ [U+2F21] Kangxi Radicals ⼣ → [U+2F23]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

夊 (Kangxi radical 35, 夊+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 竹水 (HE) or 難難竹水 (XXHE), composition ⿻𠂊㇏)

1. Kangxi radical #35, ⼢.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/夊
• 𣲋, 䒘, 𢖻, 麦, 畟, 𨾏, 𪊎, 憂, 𧃍, 𧃰, 囱, 後

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 245, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5708
• Dae Jaweon: page 485, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 867, character 16
• Unihan data for U+590A

Usage notes

This character is usually written as the bottom component of a character and is not to be confused with 夂 which is often written as the top component of a character or 攵 which is often written as the right component of a character. Traditionally, this character is written with the final ㇏ stroke slightly protruding above ク.

Chinese

simp. and trad.		夊

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 夊
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script

Pictogram (象形) – footprint (pointing down), variant of 夂. Compare 止, which has similar form in oracle script, but has leg pointing up, and 𡕒 (as in right side of 舛, roughly ヰ), which also has leg pointing down, but toe pointing left, hence different evolutions.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suī (sui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): soi, sui
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sui

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suī
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suei
    • Wade–Giles: sui¹
    • Yale: swēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suei
    • Palladius: суй (suj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: seoi¹
    • Yale: sēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: soi, sui
    • Hakka Romanization System: soi, sui
    • Hagfa Pinyim: soi⁴, sui⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /soi̯⁵⁵ su̯i⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sui
    • Tâi-lô: sui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sui³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: swij, tsrhjwe

Rime
Character	夊	夊
Reading #	2/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)	支 (14)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	息遺切	楚危切
Baxter	swij	tsrhjwe
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siuɪ/	/t͡ʃʰˠiuᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/sʷi/	/ʈ͡ʂʰʷᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/sjuɪ/	/t͡ʃʰiuɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/swi/	/ʈ͡ʂʰjwiə̆/
Li Rong	/sui/	/t͡ʃʰjue/
Wang Li	/swi/	/t͡ʃʰǐwe/
Bernard Karlgren	/swi/	/ʈ͡ʂʰwie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	suī	chuāi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi1	ceoi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sul/, /*sʰrulʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	夊	夊
Reading #	2/3	1/3
No.	12144	12143
Phonetic component	夊	夊
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	綏	衰
Old Chinese	/*sul/	/*sʰrulʔ/
Notes	後作綏

Definitions

夊

1. ^‡ of going, slow
2. Alternative form of 綏／绥

Japanese

Kanji

夊

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): すい (sui)
• Kun: すいにょう (suinyō)

Vietnamese

Han character

夊: Hán Nôm readings: truy

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References

• Nom Foundation