述

See also: 迷

Translingual

Han character

述 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+5, 9 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 8 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 卜戈木 (YID) or 卜戈十金 (YIJC), four-corner 3330₉, composition ⿺辶术(GV) or ⿺辶朮(HTJK))

Derived characters

• 𬾬, 𣉐, 𮘣, 𨩔, 𬨳, 𬩋, 鶐
• 蒁 (Exception: Only for Chinese character form. Japanese character form is written ⿺辶𦬸 instead)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1255, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38803
• Dae Jaweon: page 1738, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3822, character 13
• Unihan data for U+8FF0

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Chinese

trad.		述
simp. #		述
alternative forms		𠰲

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
訹	*slud
怵	*l̥ʰud
朮	*l'ud, *ɦljud
炢	*l'ud
術	*ɦljud
述	*ɦljud
秫	*ɦljud
沭	*ɦljud
蒁	*ɦrud

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɦljud) : semantic 辵 (“walk”) + phonetic 朮 (OC *l'ud, *ɦljud).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shù (shu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seot⁶
• Northern Min (KCR): sṳ̆
• Eastern Min (BUC): sŭk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): su̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sug⁸

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵zeq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shù
    • Wade–Giles: shu⁴
    • Yale: shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuh
    • Palladius: шу (šu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: seot⁶
    • Yale: seuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soet⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêd⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵt̚²/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sṳ̆
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sy²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sŭk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su̍t
    • Tâi-lô: su̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sut
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sut̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sut̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sut̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sut̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sut̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sug⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: su̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suk̚⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵zeq
    • MiniDict: zeh^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²zeq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zəʔ³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: zywit

Rime
Character	述
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	船 (27)
Final (韻)	術 (52)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	食聿切
Baxter	zywit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʑiuɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʑʷit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʑjuet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʑwit̚/
Li Rong	/d͡ʑiuĕt̚/
Wang Li	/d͡ʑĭuĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡ʑʰi̯uĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seot6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə-lut/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɦljud/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	述
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shù
Middle Chinese	‹ zywit ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə-lut/
English	follow
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	述
Reading #	1/1
No.	11854
Phonetic component	术
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	術
Old Chinese	/*ɦljud/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 述

1. to follow; to adhere to; to observe; to obey; to go by
2. to state; to narrate; to relate; to recount

   述職／述职  ―  shùzhí  ―  to report on one's work

3. to inherit and transmit; to expound and impart (theories put forth by the predecessors)

   • 子曰：「述而不作，信而好古，竊比於我老彭。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子曰：「述而不作，信而好古，窃比于我老彭。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zǐ yuē: “Shù ér bù zuò, xìn ér hàogǔ, qiè bǐ yú wǒ Lǎopéng.” [Pinyin]

     The Master said, “A transmitter and not a maker, believing in and loving the ancients, I venture to compare myself with our old Peng.”

   • 聖君獨有之，故能述仁義於天下。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     圣君独有之，故能述仁义于天下。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Lord Shang, circa 3^rd century BCE

     Shèngjūn dú yǒu zhī, gù néng shù rényì yú tiānxià. [Pinyin]

     Only a sage-prince possesses it [i.e. the virtue], and therefore he is able to transmit benevolence and righteousness to the empire.

4. works; writings; account; recount
5. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

述

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: じゅつ (jutsu, Jōyō); ずち (zuchi)
• Kan-on: しゅつ (shutsu)
• Kun: のべる (noberu, 述べる, Jōyō)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
述
じゅつ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

述(じゅつ) • (jutsu) 

1. statement

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Korean

Hanja

述 • (sul) (hangeul 술, revised sul, McCune–Reischauer sul, Yale swul)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 述 (thuật)

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