徇

徇 U+5F87, 徇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F87 ← 徆 [U+5F86] CJK Unified Ideographs 很 → [U+5F88]

Translingual

Han character

徇 (Kangxi radical 60, 彳+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹人心日 (HOPA), four-corner 2722₀, composition ⿰彳旬)

1. comply with, follow
2. display

Derived characters

• 𢔐 𢕊

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 366, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10091
• Dae Jaweon: page 687, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 819, character 21
• Unihan data for U+5F87

Chinese

simp. and trad.		徇

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
枃	*skins
笉	*skʰinʔ
郇	*ɡʷreːn, *sqʰʷin
絢	*qʰʷiːns
眴	*qʰʷiːns, *ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷin, *qʰʷjins, *ŋʷjin
盷	*ɡʷiːn
訇	*ɡʷiːn, *qʰʷreːŋ
迿	*ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷins
姰	*ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷin
畇	*l'iːŋ, *sqʰʷin, *sɢʷin, *ɢʷin
荀	*sqʰʷin
詢	*sqʰʷin
洵	*sqʰʷin, *sɢʷin
恂	*sqʰʷin
峋	*sqʰʷin
珣	*sqʰʷin
槆	*sqʰʷin
筍	*sqʰʷinʔ
箰	*sqʰʷinʔ
旬	*sɢʷin
殉	*sɢʷins
徇	*sɢʷins
侚	*sɢʷins
均	*kʷin
鈞	*kʷin
袀	*kʷin
汮	*kʷin, *kʷrin
呁	*kʷins
筠	*ɡʷin
荺	*ɢʷin, *ɡʷinʔ
匀	*ɢʷin
韵	*ɢʷins
輷	*qʰʷreːŋ, *qʰʷreːŋs
揈	*qʰʷreːŋ
鍧	*qʰʷreːŋ
渹	*qʰʷreːŋ
赹	*ɡʷeŋ
憌	*ɡʷeŋ
惸	*ɡʷeŋ
咰	*sqʰʷrid

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sɢʷins) : semantic 彳 + phonetic 旬 (OC *sɢʷin).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xùn (xun⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): seon¹, seon⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhun¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sùn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sun²

• Northern Min (KCR): sě̤ng
• Eastern Min (BUC): sŭng / sùng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sūn / sûn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sung⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zhiun; ⁶zhion

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syùn
    • Wade–Giles: hsün⁴
    • Yale: syùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiunn
    • Palladius: сюнь (sjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn⁵¹/

Note: Often mispronounced as xún.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon¹, seon⁶
    • Yale: sēun, seuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen¹, soen⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên¹, sên⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn⁵⁵/, /sɵn²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lhun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬun³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: sunˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sun²
    • Sinological IPA: /sun¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sun²
    • Sinological IPA: /sun¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sě̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœyŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sŭng / sùng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suŋ⁵⁵/, /suŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūn
    • Tâi-lô: sūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sun
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sun²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûn
    • Tâi-lô: sûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suun
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶zhiun; ⁶zhion
    • MiniDict: zhiuin^去; zhion^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³xxyn; ³xxion
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑyn²³/, /ʑioŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: zwinH

Rime
Character	徇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	辭閏切
Baxter	zwinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ziuɪnH/
Pan Wuyun	/zʷinH/
Shao Rongfen	/zjuenH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zwinH/
Li Rong	/ziuĕnH/
Wang Li	/zĭuĕnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/zi̯uĕnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xùn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seon6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-[ɢ]ʷi[n]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɢʷins/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	徇
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xùn
Middle Chinese	‹ zwinH ›
Old Chinese	/*s-[ɢ]ʷi[n]-s/
English	go everywhere
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	徇
Reading #	1/1
No.	16399
Phonetic component	匀
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	殉
Old Chinese	/*sɢʷins/

Definitions

徇

1. to submit; to comply

Compounds

• 不徇
• 不徇顏面／不徇颜面
• 以言徇物
• 偏徇
• 出徇
• 姑徇
• 寬徇／宽徇
• 徇世
• 徇人
• 徇俗
• 徇公
• 徇公忘己
• 徇公滅私／徇公灭私
• 徇利
• 徇務／徇务
• 徇名
• 徇命
• 徇國／徇国
• 徇國忘家／徇国忘家
• 徇國忘己／徇国忘己
• 徇國忘身／徇国忘身
• 徇地
• 徇外
• 徇夫
• 徇察
• 徇己
• 徇庇
• 徇恩
• 徇情
• 徇情枉法
• 徇意
• 徇智
• 徇書／徇书
• 徇欺
• 徇物
• 徇祿／徇禄
• 徇私
• 徇私作弊
• 徇私廢公／徇私废公
• 徇私舞弊
• 徇節／徇节
• 徇縱／徇纵
• 徇罰／徇罚
• 徇義／徇义
• 徇葬
• 徇蒙
• 徇蔽
• 徇行
• 徇財／徇财
• 徇質／徇质
• 徇軀／徇躯
• 徇通
• 徇達／徇达
• 徇道
• 徇鋪／徇铺
• 徇鐸／徇铎
• 徇陳／徇陈
• 徇隱／徇隐
• 徇難／徇难
• 徇首
• 徇齊／徇齐
• 捐身徇義／捐身徇义
• 時徇／时徇
• 曲徇
• 烈士徇名
• 畏徇
• 看徇
• 瞻徇
• 私徇
• 苟徇
• 諂徇／谄徇
• 貪夫徇財／贪夫徇财
• 阿徇
• 食子徇君

 

References

• “徇”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

徇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: じゅん (jun)
• Kan-on: しゅん (shun)
• Kun: あまねし (amaneshi, 徇し); したがう (shitagau, 徇う); となえる (tonaeru, 徇える)
• Nanori: となう (tonau)

Korean

Hanja

徇 • (sun) (hangeul 순, revised sun, McCune–Reischauer sun, Yale swun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

徇: Hán Nôm readings: toang, toạng, tuân, tuẫn

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References

• Nom Foundation