suí
Sui dynasty
Original meaning:
shred sacrificial meat
Phonosemantic compound. 隓 represents the sound and ⺼ represents the meaning.
Components
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 隋
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
surname Sui | ||
Sui dynasty (581-617) | ||
Emperor Yang of Sui (569-618), said to have murdered his father and brother to seize the throne, reigned 604-618 | ||
first Sui emperor (541-604) Yang Jian (541-604), reigned 581-604 |
Component uses
Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*l̥oj-s (W. dialect: *l̥- > x-) | xjwieH | huì | shred sacrificial meat |
*lˤojʔ | dwaX | suí | to fall |
*lˤojʔ | dwaX | suí | to fall |
*sə.loj | zjwe | suí | (place name) |
*s-loj-s | sjweH | suì | shred sacrificial meat |
*l̥ˤojʔ | thwaX | tuǒ | shred sacrificial meat |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
2828th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Unicode | U+968B |
Shuowen | “隋,裂肉也。从肉,从隓省。” |
Sources
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