See also , and

Translingual

Han character

(radical 50 +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹口中月 (HRLB), four-corner 24727)

  1. commander, commander-in-chief
  2. handsome

References

  • KangXi: page 331, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8886
  • Dae Jaweon: page 636, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 737, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5E25

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Cantonese

Hanzi

(simplified , jyutping seoi3, Yale seui3)


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Hakka

Hanzi

(POJ sài, sut, Guangdong sai3 [Meixian], soi5, sut7, sai5 [Hailu])

References


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Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings


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Korean

Hanja

(hangeul , , revised sol, su, McCune-Reischauer sol, su)


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Mandarin

simpl.
trad.

Hanzi

(simplified , pinyin shuài (shuai4), Wade-Giles shuai4)

Adjective

(traditional, Pinyin shuài, simplified )

  1. elegant; beautiful
  2. (slang) handsome (of men)

Synonyms

Noun

(traditional, Pinyin shuài, simplified )

  1. commander-in-chief
    元帅
    marshal; supreme commander

Verb

(traditional, Pinyin shuài, simplified )

  1. (literary) to command (e.g. an army)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

(shruì)


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Vietnamese

Han character

(suất, soái, suý, suý)

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