# 述

| 述 | U+8FF0, &#36848; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8FF0 |
| ← 迯 [U+8FEF] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 迱 → [U+8FF1] |

## Translingual
### Han character

述 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+5, 9 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 8 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 卜戈木 (YID) or 卜戈十金 (YIJC), four-corner 3330$_9$, composition ⿺辶术(GV) or ⿺辶朮(HTJK))

#### Derived characters

* 𬾬, 𣉐, 𮘣, 𨩔, 𬨳, 𬩋, 鶐
* 蒁 (Exception: Only for Chinese character form. Japanese character form is written ⿺辶𦬸 instead)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1255, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38803
* Dae Jaweon: page 1738, character 30
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3822, character 13
* Unihan data for U+8FF0

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 述 :
| Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 訹 | *slud |
| 怵 | *l̥ʰud |
| 朮 | *l'ud, *ɦljud |
| 炢 | *l'ud |
| 術 | *ɦljud |
| 述 | *ɦljud |
| 秫 | *ɦljud |
| 沭 | *ɦljud |
| 蒁 | *ɦrud |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɦljud): semantic 辵 (“walk”) + phonetic 朮 (OC *l'ud, *ɦljud).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shù (shu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): seot$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): su̍t
    (Hailu, HRS): sud$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): sud$^6$
* Northern Min (KCR): sṳ̆
* Eastern Min (BUC): sŭk
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): soh$^7$ / suoh$^7$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): su̍t
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sug$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$zeq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shù
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shù
*** Wade–Giles: shu$^4$
*** Yale: shù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuh
*** Palladius: шу (šu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: seot$^6$
*** Yale: seuht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soet$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sêd$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɵt̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: su̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: sud
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sud$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /sut̚⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: sud$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /sut²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sud$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /sut̚⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sṳ̆
*** Sinological IPA : /sy²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sŭk
*** Sinological IPA : /suʔ⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: soh$^7$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: seo̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬɔʔ⁴/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: suoh$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬuoʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su̍t
*** Tâi-lô: su̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sut
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sut̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sut̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sut̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sut̚⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sut̚⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sug$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: su̍k
*** Sinological IPA : /suk̚⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$zeq
*** MiniDict: zeh$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$zeq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zəʔ¹²/
* Middle Chinese: zywit
Rime :
| Character | 述 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 船 (27) |
| Final (韻) | 術 (52) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 食聿切 |
| Baxter | zywit |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʑiuɪt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʑʷit̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʑjuet̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʑwit̚/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡ʑiuĕt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡ʑĭuĕt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /d͡ʑʰi̯uĕt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | seot$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə-lut/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɦljud/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 述 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ zywit › |
| Old Chinese | /*Cə-lut/ |
| English | follow |
| 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 | 述 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11854 |
| Phonetic component | 术 |
| Rime group | 物 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 術 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɦljud/ |

### Definitions

述
* to follow; to adhere to; to observe; to obey; to go by
* to state; to narrate; to relate; to recount
    述職／述职 ― shùzhí ― to report on one's work
* to inherit and transmit; to expound and impart (theories put forth by the predecessors)
    From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Zǐ yuē: “Shù ér bù zuò, xìn ér hàogǔ, qiè bǐ yú wǒ Lǎopéng.” [Pinyin]
    The Master said, “A transmitter and not a maker, believing in and loving the ancients, I venture to compare myself with our old Peng.”
    From: The Book of Lord Shang, circa 3rd century BCE
    Shèngjūn dú yǒu zhī, gù néng shù rényì yú tiānxià. [Pinyin]
    Only a sage-prince possesses it [i.e. the virtue], and therefore he is able to transmit benevolence and righteousness to the empire.
* works; writings; account; recount
* a surname

### Compounds

* 上述 (shàngshù)
* 亞述帝國 / 亚述帝国
* 供述 (gòngshù)
* 傳述 / 传述
* 列述 (lièshù)
* 前述 (qiánshù)
* 口述 (kǒushù)
* 口述歷史 / 口述历史 (kǒushù lìshǐ)
* 崔述
* 引述 (yǐnshù)
* 描述 (miáoshù)
* 撰述 (zhuànshù)
* 敘述 / 叙述 (xùshù)
* 敘述句 / 叙述句
* 概述 (gàishù)
* 申述 (shēnshù)
* 略述
* 盡述 / 尽述
* 祖述
* 稱述 / 称述 (chēngshù)
* 筆述 / 笔述
* 紹述 / 绍述
* 細述 / 细述 (xìshù)
* 經義述聞 / 经义述闻
* 綜述 / 综述 (zōngshù)
* 縷述 / 缕述
* 繼志述事 / 继志述事
* 繼述 / 继述
* 自述 (zìshù)
* 著述 (zhùshù)
* 著述等身
* 表述 (biǎoshù)
* 補述 / 补述
* 複述 / 复述 (fùshù)
* 記述 / 记述 (jìshù)
* 記述文學 / 记述文学
* 評述 / 评述 (píngshù)
* 詳述 / 详述 (xiángshù)
* 論述 / 论述 (lùnshù)
* 講述 / 讲述 (jiǎngshù)
* 贅述 / 赘述 (zhuìshù)
* 轉述 / 转述 (zhuǎnshù)
* 述作
* 述古
* 述異記 / 述异记
* 述而不作 (shù'érbùzuò)
* 述職 / 述职 (shùzhí)
* 述語 / 述语 (shùyǔ)
* 述說 / 述说 (shùshuō)
* 追述 (zhuīshù)
* 闡述 / 阐述 (chǎnshù)
* 陳述 / 陈述 (chénshù)
* 陳述句 / 陈述句 (chénshùjù)

### References

* “述”, 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–

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 述 |
| Kyūjitai | 述󠄁 述+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 述󠄃 述+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)
* state, express

#### Readings

* Go-on: じゅつ (jutsu, Jōyō)、ずち (zuchi)
* Kan-on: しゅつ (shutsu)
* Kun: のべる (noberu, 述べる, Jōyō)
* Nanori: あきら (akira)、とも (tomo)、のぶ (nobu)、のぶる (noburu)、のり (nori)

#### Compounds

* 述(じゅっ)懐(かい) (jukkai)
* 述(じゅつ)語(ご) (jutsugo)
* 述(じゅっ)告(こく) (jukkoku)
* 述(じゅっ)作(さく) (jussaku)
* 述(じゅっ)職(しょく) (jusshoku)
* 述(じゅっ)製(せい) (jussei)
* 述(じゅっ)奏(そう) (jussō)
* 述(じゅつ)部(ぶ) (jutsubu)
* 既(き)述(じゅつ) (kijutsu)
* 記(き)述(じゅつ) (kijutsu)
* 供(きょう)述(じゅつ) (kyōjutsu)
* 公(こう)述(じゅつ) (kōjutsu)
* 口(こう)述(じゅつ) (kōjutsu)
* 後(こう)述(じゅつ) (kōjutsu)
* 纂(さん)述(じゅつ) (sanjutsu)
* 詳(しょう)述(じゅつ) (shōjutsu)
* 紹(しょう)述(じゅつ) (shōjutsu)
* 上(じょう)述(じゅつ) (jōjutsu)
* 叙(じょ)述(じゅつ) (jojutsu)
* 説(せつ)述(じゅつ) (setsujutsu)
* 先(せん)述(じゅつ) (senjutsu)
* 撰(せん)述(じゅつ) (senjutsu)
* 前(ぜん)述(じゅつ) (zenjutsu)
* 祖(そ)述(じゅつ) (sojutsu)
* 著(ちょ)述(じゅつ) (chojutsu)
* 陳(ちん)述(じゅつ) (chinjutsu)
* 筆(ひつ)述(じゅつ) (hitsujutsu)
* 訳(やく)述(じゅつ) (yakujutsu)
* 略(りゃく)述(じゅつ) (ryakujutsu)
* 屡(る)述(じゅつ) (rujutsu)
* 縷(る)述(じゅつ) (rujutsu)
* 論(ろん)述(じゅつ) (ronjutsu)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 述
* じゅつ Grade: 5
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 述 (MC zywit).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) じゅつ [júꜜtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [d͡ʑɨt͡sɨ]

### Noun

述(じゅつ) • (jutsu)
* statement

### References

* ↑ “述”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
* ↑ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 2096 (paper), page 1100 (digital)
* ↑ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 1206 (paper), page 616 (digital)
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

述 (eumhun 펼 술 (pyeol sul))
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#### Compounds

* 술부 (述部, sulbu)
* 술어 (述語, sureo)
* 술작 (述作, suljak)
* 술회 (述懷, sulhoe)
* 공술 (供述, gongsul)
* 공술 (公述, gongsul)
* 구술 (口述, gusul)
* 기술 (旣述, gisul)
* 기술 (記述, gisul)
* 논술 (論述, nonsul)
* 누술 (縷述, nusul)
* 상술 (詳述, sangsul)
* 상술 (上述, sangsul)
* 서술 (敍述, seosul)
* 소술 (紹述, sosul)
* 약술 (略述, yaksul)
* 저술 (著述, jeosul)
* 전술 (先述, jeonsul)
* 전술 (前述, jeonsul)
* 조술 (祖述, josul)
* 진술 (陳述, jinsul)
* 찬술 (撰述, chansul)
* 찬술 (纂述, chansul)
* 필술 (筆述, pilsul)
* 후술 (後述, husul)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

述: Hán Nôm readings: thuật
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