随

See also: 隨

随 U+968F, 随 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-968F ← 階 [U+968E] CJK Unified Ideographs 隐 → [U+9690]

Translingual

Shinjitai	随
Simplified	随
Traditional	隨

Etymology

Simplified from 隨 (遀 → 迶) in simplified Chinese and Japanese shinjitai.

Han character

随 (radical 170 阜+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 弓中卜大月 (NLYKB) or X弓中卜大 (XNLYK), composition ⿰⻖迶)

1. follow, listen to, submit to

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1359, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41764
• Dae Jaweon: page 1862, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4143, character 2
• Unihan data for U+968F

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 随 – see 隨 (“to follow; to listen to, to submit; etc.”). (This character, 随, is the simplified form of 隨.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	随
Kyūjitai	隨

Kanji

随

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 隨)

1. follow, though, notwithstanding
2. while, during, according to
3. to obey, submit, comply, act as one is told to

Readings

• Goon: ずい (zui, Jōyō)
• Kan’on: すい (sui)
• Kun: したがう (shitagau, 随う)

Compounds

• 随筆 (ずいひつ) (zuihitsu): essays, jottings, miscellaneous writings
• 随分 (ずいぶん) (zuibun): very, considerably, extremely
• 随時 (ずいじ) (zuiji): at any time
• 随一 (ずいいち) (zuīchi): one of the best, greatest
• 随所 (ずいしょ) (zuisho): everywhere
• 随 (ず)意 (いい) (zuii): voluntary, optional

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Korean

Hanja

随 • (su) (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune-Reischauer su, Yale swu)

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