遂 - Dong Chinese dictionary

suì

comply with

to flee

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 㒸 represents the sound. The meaning later shifted to "follow along" and "comply with".

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

㒸 Sound component

suì

obey

Evolution

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

suì

comply with, follow along; thereupon; to satisfy; to succeed; then; finally; unexpectedly; to proceed; to reach

Most common words with 遂

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	遂	then
	未遂	unsuccessful (attempt)
	毛遂自荐	Mao Sui recommends himself (idiom); to offer one's services (in the style of Mao Sui offering his services to king of Chu 楚 of the Warring states)
	半身不遂	hemiplegia
	遂宁	Suining prefecture level city in Sichuan