卒

See also: 卆

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

卒 (Kangxi radical 24, 十+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜人人十 (YOOJ), four-corner 0040₈, composition ⿱𠅃十)

Derived characters

• 倅 悴 碎 粹 醉 翠 猝

Descendants

• 卆

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 156, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2740
• Dae Jaweon: page 356, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 63, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5352

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		卒
alternative forms		卆 䘚

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 卒
Shang	Western Zhou		Warring States			Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
晬	*ʔsuːds
祽	*ʔsuːds
綷	*ʔsuːds
淬	*sʰuːds
啐	*sʰuːds, *suːds, *sʰroːds, *ʔsud
倅	*sʰuːds, *ʔsuːd
焠	*sʰuːds
碎	*suːds
誶	*suːds, *suds, *zud
濢	*ʔslulʔ, *sʰluds
噿	*ʔslulʔ
臎	*ʔslulʔ, *sʰluds
醉	*ʔsuds
翠	*sʰuds
悴	*zuds
萃	*zuds
瘁	*zuds
顇	*zuds
粹	*suds
睟	*suds
賥	*suds
卒	*ʔsuːd, *sʰuːd, *ʔsud
稡	*ʔsuːd
猝	*sʰuːd
椊	*zuːd
捽	*zuːd, *zud
崪	*zuːd
窣	*suːd
崒	*zud
踤	*zud
錊	*ʔsuːɡ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 衣 (“clothes”) with a mark.

Etymology 1

From 遭 (OC *ʔsluː, “to meet”) + nominal suffix *-t (Schuessler, 2007).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 卒

1. soldier
2. servant
3. (xiangqi) pawn; private; soldier (on the black side)

Coordinate terms

• (Chinese chess pieces) 帥／帅 (shuài) / 將／将, 仕 (shì) / 士 (shì), 相 / 象 (xiàng), 俥／伡 / 車／车, 傌 / 㐷 / 馬／马 (mǎ), 炮 / 砲／炮, 兵 (bīng) / 卒

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (卒):

• → Japanese: 卒(そつ) (sotsu)
• → Korean: 졸(卒) (jol)
• → Vietnamese: tốt (卒)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from ST *(t/d)u-n/t? Related to 瘁/悴, 酋, 傮, 造, 秋?”)

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 卒

1. to finish
2. to pass away; to die

   卒於1992年／卒于1992年  ―  zú yú 1992 nián  ―  die in 1992

3. at last; finally

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cù (cu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyut³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zui⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cù
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cù
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻu⁴
    • Yale: tsù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuh
    • Palladius: цу (cu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cyut³
    • Yale: chyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: qud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zui⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsŭi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sui³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tshwot

Rime
Character	卒
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	沒 (56)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	倉没切
Baxter	tshwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰuət̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰuot̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰwət̚/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰuət̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰuət̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰuət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyut3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰuːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	卒
Reading #	2/3
No.	17959
Phonetic component	卒
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	猝
Old Chinese	/*sʰuːd/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 卒

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 猝 (cù, “hurried; suddenly”).

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuì (cui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuèi
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻui⁴
    • Yale: tswèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuey
    • Palladius: цуй (cuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 卒

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 倅 (cuì).

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Japanese

Kanji

卒

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: そち (sochi)
• Kan-on: そつ (sotsu, Jōyō)
• Kun: にわかに (niwakani, 卒かに); おわる (owaru, 卒わる); おえる (oeru, 卒える); ついに (tsuini, 卒に)

Compounds

Compounds

• 士(し)卒(そつ) (shisotsu, “officers and soldiers, soldiers”)
• 将(しょう)卒(そつ) (shōsotsu, “officers and soldiers”)
• 卒(そつ)乳(にゅう) (sotsunyū, “weaning”)

Kanji in this term
卒
そつ Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

卒(そつ) • (sotsu) 

1. low-ranking soldier
2. Short for 卒業.
3. Short for 卒族.
4. Short for 卒去.

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Korean

Hanja

卒 (eum 졸 (jol))

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Vietnamese

Han character

卒: Hán Nôm readings: tốt, chốt

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