随

See also: 隨

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

Translingual

Japanese	随
Simplified	随
Traditional	隨

Etymology

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

Han character

随 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+9, 11 strokes in Chinese, 12 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 弓中卜大月 (NLYKB) or X弓中卜大 (XNLYK), composition ⿰⻖迶)

Derived characters

• 𫝡

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1359, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41764
• Dae Jaweon: page 1862, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): 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, Malaysia 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

• Go-on: ずい (zui, Jōyō)^{←ずゐ (zuwi, historical)}
• Kan-on: すい (sui)^{←すゐ (suwi, historical)}
• Kun: したがう (shitagau, 随う)

Usage notes

• Most dictionaries proscribe historical -uwi readings すゐ (suwi), ずゐ (zuwi), つゐ (tuwi), ゆゐ (yuwi), and るゐ (ruwi).

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
• 随意(ずいい) (zuii): voluntary, optional

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Korean

Hanja

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

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