# 遂

| 遂 | U+9042, &#36930; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9042 |
| ← 遁 [U+9041] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 遃 → [U+9043] |

## Translingual
### Han character

遂 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+9, 13 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 12 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 卜廿心人 (YTPO), four-corner 3830$_3$, composition ⿺辶㒸)

#### Derived terms

* 燧, 穟, 邃, 襚, 旞, 𨽵

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1260, character 32
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38985
* Dae Jaweon: page 1751, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3862, character 3
* Unihan data for U+9042

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 遂 :
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 隊 | *l'uːds |
| 邃 | *sluds |
| 譢 | *sluds |
| 遂 | *ljuds |
| 隧 | *ljuds |
| 燧 | *ljuds |
| 襚 | *ljuds |
| 旞 | *ljuds |
| 璲 | *ljuds |
| 檖 | *ljuds |
| 澻 | *ljuds |
| 鐆 | *ljuds |
| 鐩 | *ljuds |
| 穟 | *ljuds |
| 墜 | *l'uds |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ljuds): semantic 辵 + phonetic 㒸 (suì). The original version is 㒸, which has no reference to pigs (the pig is a phonetic component).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): suì (sui$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi$^6$ / seoi$^5$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sui
* Northern Min (KCR): sṳ̄
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sūi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sui$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zoe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: suì
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: suèi
*** Wade–Giles: sui$^4$
*** Yale: swèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suey
*** Palladius: суй (suj)
*** Sinological IPA : /su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: seoi$^6$ / seoi$^5$
*** Yale: seuih / séuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soey$^6$ / soey$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sêu$^6$ / sêu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɵy̯²²/, /sɵy̯¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sui
*** Hakka Romanization System: sui
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sui$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /su̯i⁵⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sṳ̄
*** Sinological IPA : /sy⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūi
*** Tâi-lô: suī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sui
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sui²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sui⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sui²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sui³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sui$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sûi
*** Sinological IPA : /sui⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zoe
*** MiniDict: zoe$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$zoe
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zø²³/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit遂 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /suei⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /suei²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /suei⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /suei⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /sue⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /suei⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /suei²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /suɨ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /suei⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /suei¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /suei⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /sei³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /ɕy¹³/ /suei¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /ɕi²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /suei²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /suəi⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /se⁵⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /suei⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | |
| Jin | Hohhot | /suei⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /zø²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /ze̞³¹/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /zz̩ʷei¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /zz̩²²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕʰy²²/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /sei⁵⁵/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /səi⁵⁵/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /sui²¹/ ～川縣 |
| Hakka | Meixian | /sui⁵³/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /sui⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /søy²²/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /ɬui²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /søy²²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /sui²²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /suɔi²⁴²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /sy⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /sui⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /t͡sui³³/ |
* Middle Chinese: zwijH
Rime :
| Character | 遂 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 邪 (17) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (16) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 徐醉切 |
| Baxter | zwijH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ziuɪ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /zʷi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /zjuɪ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /zwi$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /zui$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /zwi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /zwi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | suì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | seoi$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*sə-lu[t]-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ljuds/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 遂 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | suì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ zwij$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*sə-lu[t]-s/ |
| English | advance (v.) |
| 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 | 遂 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12148 |
| Phonetic component | 遂 |
| Rime group | 隊 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 遂 |
| Old Chinese | /*ljuds/ |
| Notes | 初文無辵，象呼豕前來 |

### Definitions

遂
* to fulfill; to satisfy
* to comply; to follow along
* to complete; to succeed
    From: Tao Te Ching, 4th century BCE
    Jīnyùmǎntáng, mò zhī néng shǒu; fùguì ér jiāo, zì yí qí jiù. Gōng suì shēn tuì tiān zhī dào. [Pinyin]
    When gold and jade fill the hall, their possessor cannot keep them safe. When wealth and honours lead to arrogancy, this brings its evil on itself. When the work is completed, and one's name is becoming distinguished, to withdraw into obscurity is the way of Heaven.
* then; consequently; thereupon
    From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE
    Suì mìng Zǐgòng wèi zhī zhǔ, yuē: “Wèi ěr kū yě lái zhě, bài zhī. Zhī Bógāo ér lái zhě, wù bài yě.” [Pinyin]
    Thus he ordered Zi-gong to act as presiding mourner on the occasion, saying to him, "Bow to those who come because you have a wailing in your house, but do not bow to those who come (simply) because they knew Bo-gao."
    From: Han Feizi, circa 2nd century BCE
    Fǎn guī qǔ zhī, jí fǎn, shì bà, suì bùdé lǚ. [Pinyin]
    He returned home to get the measurements, but by the time he got back to the market, it had already closed. Therefore, he could not buy the shoes.
    From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
    Jiāngyuán yǐwèi shén, suì shōuyǎng zhǎng zhī. [Pinyin]
    Jiang Yuan thought it was a miracle and consequently adopted and raised him.
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to proceed; to head for
    From: I Ching, 11th – 8th century BCE
    Dī yáng chù fān, bùnéng tuì, bùnéng suì. [Pinyin]
    The ram buts against the fence, unable either to retreat, or to advance as he would fain do.
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to recommend; to promote
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to grow; to ripen
    From: 801, Han Yu (韓愈),《答李翊書》
    Gēn zhī mào zhě qí shí suì, gāo zhī wò zhě qí guāng yè. [Pinyin]
    If the root is strong, the fruit will be ripe; if the oil is abundant, the lamp will be bright.

### Compounds

* 不遂
* 不遂心
* 不遂心懷 / 不遂心怀
* 不遂意
* 俯遂幽眇
* 功成名遂 (gōngchéngmíngsuì)
* 功遂身退
* 半身不遂
* 名成利遂
* 天年不遂
* 文過遂非 / 文过遂非
* 方遂
* 既遂犯
* 暢遂 / 畅遂
* 未遂 (wèisuì)
* 未遂犯
* 毛遂
* 毛遂自薦 / 毛遂自荐 (máosuìzìjiàn)
* 縱情遂欲 / 纵情遂欲
* 褚遂良
* 諸凡順遂 / 诸凡顺遂
* 遂事
* 遂其所願 / 遂其所愿
* 遂初
* 遂即
* 遂寧 / 遂宁 (Suìníng)
* 遂心 (suìxīn)
* 遂心如意
* 遂遂
* 陽遂足 / 阳遂足
* 順心遂意 / 顺心遂意
* 順遂 / 顺遂 (shùnsuì)
* 飾非遂過 / 饰非遂过
* 龔遂 / 龚遂
* 龔遂勸農 / 龚遂劝农

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 遂 |
| Kyūjitai | 遂󠄂 遂+&#xE0102; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 遂󠄅 遂+&#xE0105; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* accomplish, attain, complete

#### Readings

* Go-on: ずい (zui)
* Kan-on: すい (sui, Jōyō)
* Kun: とぐ (togu, 遂ぐ)、とげる (togeru, 遂げる, Jōyō)、ついに (tsuini, 遂に)
* Nanori: かつ (katsu)、つく (tsuku)、つぐ (tsugu)、とげる (togeru)、なり (nari)、なる (naru)、みち (michi)、もろ (moro)、やす (yasu)、ゆき (yuki)、より (yori)

#### Usage notes

* Most dictionaries do not have "すゐ" and "ずゐ" as a historical reading for 遂. According to historical data, its on-reading are the modern "すい" and "ずい". However, the Dai Kanwa Jiten has the -ゐ historical on-readings.

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 遂
* つい Grade: S
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 遂 – see the following entry. :
| 【終つい】3 | [noun] end, conclusion [noun] end-of-life, death Alternative spelling 竟 |
(This term, 遂, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### References

* ↑ “遂”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

## Korean
### Hanja

遂 • (su) (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune–Reischauer su, Yale swu)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

遂: Hán Việt readings: toại
* chữ Hán form of toại (“to fulfill; to complete”).

#### References

* ↑ Génibrel (1898).
* ↑ Bonet (1899).
* ↑ Thiều Chửu (1942).
* ↑ Nguyễn (1974).
* ↑ Trần (1999).
* ↑ Nguyễn et al. (2009).