# 殊塗同歸
## Chinese

| | | different; disparate; dissimilar | road; way | like; same; similarlike; same; similar; together; alike; with | to go back; to return |
| trad. (殊塗同歸) | trad. (殊塗同歸) | 殊 | 塗 | 同 | 歸 |
| simp. (殊涂同归) | simp. (殊涂同归) | 殊 | 涂 | 同 | 归 |
| alternative forms | alternative forms | 殊途同歸／殊途同归 | 殊途同歸／殊途同归 | 殊途同歸／殊途同归 | 殊途同歸／殊途同归 |

### Etymology

From Xi Ci II, or the Great Commentary, a chapter of the Ten Wings:
    子曰：「天下何思何慮！天下同歸而殊塗，一致而百慮，天下何思何慮！」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]子曰：「天下何思何虑！天下同归而殊涂，一致而百虑，天下何思何虑！」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]From: Anonymous, Xi Ci（《繫辭下》）, c. 3rd～2nd century B.C.E., translation based on Sacred Books of the East, Volume XVI, p. 389, transl. James LeggeZǐ yuē: “Tiānxià hé sī hé lǜ! Tiānxià tóng guī ér shū tú, yī zhì ér bǎi lǜ, tiānxià hé sī hé lǜ!” [Pinyin]The Master said: “In all (the processes taking place) under heaven, what is there of thinking and what is there of anxious scheming? They all come to the same (successful) issue, though by different paths; there is one result, though there might be a hundred anxious schemes. What is there of thinking? What is there of anxious scheming!”

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shūtútóngguī
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ㄊㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄟ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): syu$^4$ tou$^4$ tung$^4$ gwai$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shūtútóngguī
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄊㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shutútóngguei
*** Wade–Giles: shu$^1$-tʻu$^2$-tʻung$^2$-kuei$^1$
*** Yale: shū-tú-túng-gwēi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shutwutorngguei
*** Palladius: шутутунгуй (šututunguj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu⁵⁵ tʰu³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: syu$^4$ tou$^4$ tung$^4$ gwai$^1$
*** Yale: syùh tòuh tùhng gwāi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sy$^4$ tou$^4$ tung$^4$ gwai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xu$^4$ tou$^4$ tung$^4$ guei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /syː²¹ tʰou̯²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: dzyu du duwng kjw+j
Rime :
| Character | 殊 | 塗 | 同 | 歸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 常 (25) | 定 (7) | 定 (7) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) | 模 (23) | 東 (1) | 微 (21) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | I | I | III |
| Fanqie | 市朱切 | 同都切 | 徒紅切 | 舉韋切 |
| Baxter | dzyu | du | duwng | kjw+j |
| Reconstructions |||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ʑɨo/ | /duo/ | /duŋ/ | /kʉi/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡ʑio/ | /duo/ | /duŋ/ | /kʷɨi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡ʑio/ | /do/ | /duŋ/ | /kiuəi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡ʑuə̆/ | /dɔ/ | /dəwŋ/ | /kuj/ |
| Li Rong | /ʑio/ | /do/ | /duŋ/ | /kiuəi/ |
| Wang Li | /ʑĭu/ | /du/ | /duŋ/ | /kĭwəi/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʑi̯u/ | /dʱuo/ | /dʱuŋ/ | /kwe̯i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chú | tú | tóng | guī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | syu$^4$ | tou$^4$ | tung$^4$ | gwai$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]o lˤa lˤoŋ [k]ʷəj/
    (Zhengzhang): /*djo l'aː doːŋ klul/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 殊 | 塗 | 同 | 歸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shū | tú | tóng | guī |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dzyu › | ‹ du › | ‹ duwng › | ‹ kjwɨj › |
| Old Chinese | /*[d]o/ | /*lˁa/ | /*lˁoŋ/ | /*[k]ʷəj/ |
| English | die; different | road | together, join | return (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 | 殊 | 塗 | 同 | 歸 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 17580 | 15774 | 12446 | 17748 |
| Phonetic component | 朱 | 余 | 同 | 追 |
| Rime group | 侯 | 魚 | 東 | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 殊 | 徒 | 同 | 歸 |
| Old Chinese | /*djo/ | /*l'aː/ | /*doːŋ/ | /*klul/ |
| Notes | | | 甲金文象有節筒管與口協合， 如此方能音律諧和， 爲筒（簫）初文 | |

### Idiom

殊塗同歸
* Alternative spelling of 殊途同歸 / 殊途同归 (shūtútóngguī)