# 卒

| 卒 | U+5352, &#21330; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5352 |
| ← 卑 [U+5351] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 卓 → [U+5353] |

## Translingual
### Han character

卒 (Kangxi radical 24, 十+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜人人十 (YOOJ), four-corner 0040$_8$, composition ⿱𠅃十)

#### Derived characters

* 倅 啐 埣 崪 悴 捽 淬 猝 𨔊 晬 椊 㱖 焠 琗 祽 脺 睟 𣖢 碎 稡 䘹 粹 綷 蜶 䚝 誶(谇) 賥 踤 醉 𠁸 𠾹 𡳝 錊 𡦧 𠧆 𩫛 䱣 𡄰 𠫏
* 𡮇 㰵 㲞 𣖛 顇 𣦮
* 𡨧 崒 萃 窣 箤 翠 䯿 瘁 𡇻

#### Descendants

* 卆

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 156, character 28
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2740
* Dae Jaweon: page 356, character 19
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 63, character 2
* Unihan data for U+5352

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 卒 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Western Zhou | Warring States | Warring States | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Qin slip script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 晬 | *ʔsuːds |
| 祽 | *ʔsuːds |
| 綷 | *ʔsuːds |
| 淬 | *sʰuːds |
| 啐 | *sʰuːds, *suːds, *sʰroːds, *ʔsud |
| 倅 | *sʰuːds, *ʔsuːd |
| 焠 | *sʰuːds |
| 碎 | *suːds |
| 誶 | *suːds, *suds, *zud |
| 濢 | *ʔslulʔ, *sʰluds |
| 噿 | *ʔslulʔ |
| 臎 | *ʔslulʔ, *sʰluds |
| 醉 | *ʔsuds |
| 翠 | *sʰuds |
| 悴 | *zuds |
| 萃 | *zuds |
| 瘁 | *zuds |
| 顇 | *zuds |
| 粹 | *suds |
| 睟 | *suds |
| 賥 | *suds |
| 卒 | *ʔsuːd, *sʰuːd, *ʔsud |
| 稡 | *ʔsuːd |
| 猝 | *sʰuːd |
| 椊 | *zuːd |
| 捽 | *zuːd, *zud |
| 崪 | *zuːd |
| 窣 | *suːd |
| 崒 | *zud |
| 踤 | *zud |
| 錊 | *ʔsuːɡ |
There were 5 forms of 卒 in Shang oracle bone script (Qiu, 1990; Xuan, 2012):
* : same as 衣 (“clothes”) (> Western Zhou bronze script );
* : a crisscross 衣 - a completed clothing;
* (卒): ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 衣 (“clothes”) with a mark - a completed clothing to be folded (> Warring States bronze script ; Chu slip and silk script );
* (𧙻): phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): 衣 (“clothes”) + 聿 (OC *b·lud) (hand (又) holding a brush);
* ,: 𧙻 having 又 omitted.
The brush shape in form (5) was often placed upside down. Later the inverted brush shape was mistaken as 又 and then moved to the top as in Chu slip and silk script (𰠄) to avoid obscuration with 袁 (衣 + 又) (Xuan, 2012).

### Etymology 1

From 遭 (OC *ʔsluː, “to meet”) + nominal suffix *-t (Schuessler, 2007).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zú (zu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zeot$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): dut$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ziit$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chut
    (Hailu, HRS): zud
    (Meixian, Guangdong): zud$^5$
* Jin (Wiktionary): zueh$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): cŏ
* Eastern Min (BUC): cúk
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zoh$^6$ / zuoh$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chut
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zug$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$tseq
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zou$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zú
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zú
*** Wade–Giles: tsu$^2$
*** Yale: dzú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzwu
*** Palladius: цзу (czu)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡su³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zeot$^1$
*** Yale: jēut
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzoet$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zêd$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɵt̚⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: dut$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tut̚⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ziit$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɨt̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chut
*** Hakka Romanization System: zud$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zud$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sut̚²/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: zud
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sut⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: zud$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sut̚¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: zueh$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡suəʔ²/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cŏ
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡so²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cúk
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡souʔ²⁴/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zoh$^6$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ceoh
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɔʔ¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zuoh$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡suoʔ²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chut
*** Tâi-lô: tsut
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zud
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sut̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sut̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sut̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sut̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sut̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zug$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsuk
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡suk̚²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$tseq
*** MiniDict: tseh$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$tseq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡səʔ⁵⁵/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: zou$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡səu̯²⁴/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit卒 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡su³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /t͡su²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡su⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /t͡su⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /t͡su⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /t͡su⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /t͡sou²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /t͡ɕy²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /t͡su¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /t͡su⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /t͡su⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡səu²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡su³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡ɕiu²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /t͡su³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /t͡suʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /t͡suəʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡suəʔ²/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡ɕyʌʔ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡suəʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡səʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /t͡səʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /t͡soʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /t͡sai²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕyʔ²¹/ /t͡ɕyeʔ²¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡sən²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡səu²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /t͡səi²⁴/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡sɨʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sut̚¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /t͡sut̚²²/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡søt̚⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /t͡syt̚⁵⁵/ /t͡sɐt̚⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /t͡søt̚⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /t͡sut̚³²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /t͡souʔ²³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /t͡so²⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /t͡suk̚²/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /tut̚⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: tswot
Rime :
| Character | 卒 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 沒 (56) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 臧没切 |
| Baxter | tswot |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡suət̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡suot̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡suət̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡swət̚/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡suət̚/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡suət̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡suət̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zyut$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ˤut/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsuːd/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 卒 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tswot › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ts]ˁut/ |
| English | soldier |
| 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 | 卒 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| No. | 17955 |
| Phonetic component | 卒 |
| Rime group | 物 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 卒 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔsuːd/ |

#### Definitions

卒
* soldier
* servant
* (xiangqi) pawn; private; soldier: 🩭 (on the black side)

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 卒子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 卒兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 小卒兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 小卒兒, 卒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 卒子, 小卒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 卒子, 卒, 小卒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 卒, 卒子, 尕卒兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 小卒, 小卒子, 小卒兒, 卒頭子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 卒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 卒子, 卒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 卒兒, 卒子, 卒娃子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 卒子, 卒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 卒子, 卒, 小卒子, 小卒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 卒崽, 卒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 小卒, 卒子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 卒子, 小卒子 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 卒 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 卒 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 卒子, 卒 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 卒 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 卒仔, 卒 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 卒 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 卒子, 卒 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 卒 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 卒子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 卒子, 黑卒子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 卒仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 卒, 卒囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 卒仔, 卒 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 卒仔, 卒 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 卒仔, 卒 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 卒仔 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 卒囝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 卒 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 卒崽, 卒 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 卒 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 卒 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 卒 |
| Wu | Danyang | 卒, 卒卒 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 卒卒兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 卒格, 卒格爛眼 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 卒兒, 爛頭卒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 卒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 卒子, 卒 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 卒子, 卒 |

##### Coordinate terms

* (Chinese chess pieces) 帥 / 帅 (shuài) / 將 / 将 (jiàng), 仕 (shì) / 士 (shì), 相 / 象 (xiàng), 俥 / 伡 / 車 / 车 (jū), 傌 / 㐷 / 馬 / 马 (mǎ), 炮 / 砲 / 炮, 兵 (bīng) / 卒 (zú)

#### Compounds

* 一兵一卒
* 丟卒保車 / 丢卒保车 (diūzúbǎojū)
* 傔卒
* 傲卒多敗 / 傲卒多败
* 兵卒 (bīngzú)
* 勇夫悍卒
* 卒乘
* 卒仔
* 卒伍
* 卒子 (zúzi)
* 句卒
* 士卒 (shìzú)
* 宿將舊卒 / 宿将旧卒
* 小卒 (xiǎozú)
* 復卒 / 复卒
* 戍卒 (shùzú)
* 暴卒 (bàozú)
* 步卒 (bùzú)
* 烏合之卒 / 乌合之卒
* 無名小卒 / 无名小卒 (wúmíng xiǎozú)
* 獄卒 / 狱卒 (yùzú)
* 瓦合之卒
* 甲卒
* 禁卒
* 街卒
* 販夫走卒 / 贩夫走卒 (fànfūzǒuzú)
* 走卒 (zǒuzú)
* 身先士卒 (shēnxiānshìzú)
* 躬先士卒
* 輕卒銳兵 / 轻卒锐兵
* 過河卒子 / 过河卒子 (guòhé zúzi)
* 邏卒 / 逻卒
* 部卒
* 集兵練卒 / 集兵练卒 (jí bīng liàn zú)
* 馬前卒 / 马前卒 (mǎqiánzú)
* 騶卒 / 驺卒
* 鬼卒

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 卒(そつ) (sotsu)
* → Korean: 졸(卒) (jol)
* → Vietnamese: tốt (卒)

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from ST *(t/d)u-n/t? Related to 瘁/悴, 酋, 傮, 造, 秋?”)

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zú (zu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zeot$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): dut$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chut
    (Meixian, Guangdong): zud$^5$
* Eastern Min (BUC): cúk
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chut
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zug$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$tseq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zú
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zú
*** Wade–Giles: tsu$^2$
*** Yale: dzú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzwu
*** Palladius: цзу (czu)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡su³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zeot$^1$
*** Yale: jēut
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzoet$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zêd$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɵt̚⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: dut$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tut̚⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chut
*** Hakka Romanization System: zud$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zud$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sut̚²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: zud$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sut̚¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cúk
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡souʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chut
*** Tâi-lô: tsut
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zud
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sut̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sut̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sut̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sut̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sut̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zug$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsuk
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡suk̚²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$tseq
*** MiniDict: tseh$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$tseq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡səʔ⁵⁵/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit卒 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡su³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /t͡su²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡su⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /t͡su⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /t͡su⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /t͡su⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /t͡sou²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /t͡ɕy²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /t͡su¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /t͡su⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /t͡su⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡səu²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡su³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡ɕiu²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /t͡su³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /t͡suʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /t͡suəʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡suəʔ²/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡ɕyʌʔ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡suəʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡səʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /t͡səʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /t͡soʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /t͡sai²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕyʔ²¹/ /t͡ɕyeʔ²¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡sən²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡səu²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /t͡səi²⁴/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡sɨʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sut̚¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /t͡sut̚²²/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡søt̚⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /t͡syt̚⁵⁵/ /t͡sɐt̚⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /t͡søt̚⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /t͡sut̚³²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /t͡souʔ²³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /t͡so²⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /t͡suk̚²/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /tut̚⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: tswit
Rime :
| Character | 卒 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 術 (52) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 子聿切 |
| Baxter | tswit |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡siuɪt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡sʷit̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sjuet̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡swit̚/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡siuĕt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sĭuĕt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡si̯uĕt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ju |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zeot$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ut/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsud/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 卒 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tswit › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ts]ut/ |
| English | finish, die |
| 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 | 卒 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| No. | 17964 |
| Phonetic component | 卒 |
| Rime group | 物 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 卒 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔsud/ |
| Notes | 裘錫圭康殷皆雲金文象衣加劃表衣縫製完結 |

#### Definitions

卒
* to finish
* to pass away; to die
    卒於1992年／卒于1992年 ― zú yú 1992 nián ― die in 1992
* at last; finally

#### Compounds

* 卒之
* 卒哭
* 卒年 (zúnián)
* 卒業 / 卒业 (zúyè)
* 卒歲 / 卒岁 (zúsuì)
* 暴卒 (bàozú)
* 有始有卒
* 為德不卒 / 为德不卒
* 聊以卒歲 / 聊以卒岁 (liáoyǐzúsuì)
* 鬱卒 / 郁卒 (yùzú)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cù (cu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cyut$^3$
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zui$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cù
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cù
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻu$^4$
*** Yale: tsù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuh
*** Palladius: цу (cu)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰu⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cyut$^3$
*** Yale: chyut
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsyt$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qud$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰyːt̚³/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zui$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsŭi
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sui³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: tshwot
Rime :
| Character | 卒 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 清 (14) |
| Final (韻) | 沒 (56) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 倉没切 |
| Baxter | tshwot |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡sʰuət̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡sʰuot̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sʰuət̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sʰwət̚/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡sʰuət̚/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sʰuət̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡sʰuət̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | cu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cyut$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sʰuːd/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 卒 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| No. | 17959 |
| Phonetic component | 卒 |
| Rime group | 物 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 猝 |
| Old Chinese | /*sʰuːd/ |

#### Definitions

卒
* Alternative form of 猝 (cù, “hurried; suddenly”)

#### Compounds

* 倉卒 / 仓卒 (cāngcù)
* 卒中
* 卒乍 (cùzhà)
* 卒倒
* 卒卒
* 卒律律
* 卒然

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cuì (cui$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cuì
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cuèi
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻui$^4$
*** Yale: tswèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuey
*** Palladius: цуй (cuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

#### Definitions

卒
* Alternative form of 倅 (cuì)

### References

* “卒”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00437

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)
* low-ranking soldier
* servant
* end, finish
* suddenly
* die, pass away
* finally

#### Readings

* Go-on: そち (sochi)、しゅち (shuchi)
* Kan-on: そつ (sotsu, Jōyō)、しゅつ (shutsu)
* Kun: にわかに (niwaka ni, 卒かに)、おわる (owaru, 卒わる)、おえる (oeru, 卒える)、ついに (tsuini, 卒に)、しもべ (shimobe, 卒)

#### Compounds

* 士(し)卒(そつ) (shisotsu, “officers and soldiers, soldiers”)
* 将(しょう)卒(そつ) (shōsotsu, “officers and soldiers”)
* 卒(そつ)乳(にゅう) (sotsunyū, “weaning”)
* 卒(しゅっ)する (shussuru, “to die”)
* 卒(そっ)する (sossuru, “to die”)
* 卒去(しゅっきょ) (shukkyo, “death (of person of high position)”)
* 卒去(そっきょ) (sokkyo, “death (of person of high position)”)
* Kanji in this term
* 卒
* そつ Grade: 4
* on'yomi

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) そつ [sóꜜtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [so̞t͡sɨ]

### Noun

卒(そつ) • (sotsu)
* low-ranking soldier
* Short for 卒業.
* Short for 卒族.
* Short for 卒去.

### References

* ↑ “卒”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 卒 (MC tswot, “soldier”).
* Recorded as Middle Korean 조ᇙ〮 (Yale: cwólq) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
* Recorded as Middle Korean 졸〮 (cwól)$^訓$ (Yale: cwól) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
* Recorded as Middle Korean 졸 (cwol)$^訓$ (Yale: cwol) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [t͡ɕo̞ɭ]
* Phonetic hangul: [졸]

#### Hanja

Wikisource 卒 (eumhun 군사 졸 (gunsa jol))
* hanja form of 졸 (“soldier”)

#### Compounds

* 병졸 (兵卒, byeongjol)
* 졸병 (卒兵, jolbyeong, “lowest ranking soldier”)
* 포졸 (捕卒, pojol)

### Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 卒 (MC tswit, “finish”).
* Recorded as Middle Korean 쥬ᇙ〮 (Yale: cyúlq) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
* Recorded as Middle Korean 졸 (cwol)$^訓$ (Yale: cwol) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [t͡ɕo̞ɭ]
* Phonetic hangul: [졸]

#### Hanja

卒 (eumhun 마칠 졸 (machil jol))
* hanja form of 졸 (“to finish”)
* hanja form of 졸 (“to pass away; to die”)

#### Compounds

* 고졸 (高卒, gojol)
* 뇌졸중 (腦卒中, noejoljung)
* 대졸 (大卒, daejol)
* 병졸 (病卒, byeongjol)
* 졸년 (卒年, jollyeon)
* 졸도 (卒倒, joldo)
* 졸업 (卒業, joreop, “graduation”)
* 졸업식 (卒業式, joreopsik)
* 중졸 (中卒, jungjol)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

卒: Hán Nôm readings: tốt, chốt, tuất
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