隋

See also: 陏

隋 U+968B, 隋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-968B ← 隊 [U+968A] CJK Unified Ideographs 隌 → [U+968C]

Translingual

Han character

隋 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 弓中大一月 (NLKMB), four-corner 7422₇, composition ⿰阝⿱左月)

Derived characters

• 𡐦, 嫷, 憜, 撱, 𣿂, 𤡪, 橢, 𤛩, 𥪹, 𧝍, 䜏, 䝐, 𨬍, 𩞢, 䲊, 𪍳
• 䢫, 𩙇, 䔺, 𥳔, 𩅡, 𩯚, 墮, 𡡙, 嶞, 𢡢, 㯐, 隳, 䜐, 𩀶, 𪅿

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1357, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41751
• Dae Jaweon: page 1861, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4142, character 16
• Unihan data for U+968B

Chinese

trad.		隋
simp. #		隋
2nd round simp.		陏

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (隓) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
鬌	*ʔl'oːlʔ, *l'oːlʔ, *l'ol
隋	*l̥ʰoːlʔ, *l'oːlʔ, *ljol
墮	*l̥ʰoːlʔ, *l'oːlʔ, *hlol
媠	*l̥ʰoːlʔ, *l'oːls
橢	*l̥ʰoːlʔ
嫷	*l̥ʰoːls, *l'oːlʔ
毻	*l̥ʰoːls, *l̥ʰoːds
堶	*l'oːl
憜	*l'oːlʔ
惰	*l'oːlʔ, *l'oːls
嶞	*l'oːlʔ
髓	*slolʔ
瀡	*slolʔ, *slols
隨	*ljol
隓	*hlol
隳	*hlol
撱	*lolʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰoːlʔ, *l'oːlʔ, *ljol) : abbreviated phonetic 隓 (OC *hlol) + semantic 肉 (“meat”). The use of this character for the dynasty name was created by its first emperor from the character 隨／随 (suí).

Pronunciation 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 隋 – see 墮 (“to fall; to sink; to degenerate; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 墮).

For pronunciation and definitions of 隋 – see 惰 (“lazy; indolent; irreverent; careless”). (This character is an ancient form of 惰).

Pronunciation 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 隋 – see 隳 (“to destroy; to ruin; to damage”). (This character is an ancient form of 隳).

Pronunciation 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 隋 – see 橢 (“oval-shaped container; long and narrow; oval-shaped; elliptical; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 橢).

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suí (sui²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sûi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suí
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suéi
    • Wade–Giles: sui²
    • Yale: swéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: swei
    • Palladius: суй (suj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi⁴
    • Yale: chèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûi
    • Tâi-lô: suî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sui²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sui²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sui¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sui²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui²³/

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• Middle Chinese: zjwe

Rime
Character	隋
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	支 (12)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	旬爲切
Baxter	zjwe
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ziuᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/zʷiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/zjuɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zwiə̆/
Li Rong	/ziue/
Wang Li	/zǐwe/
Bernard Karlgren	/zwie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	suí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceoi4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*sə.loj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ljol/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	隋
Reading #	4/6
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	suí
Middle Chinese	‹ zjwe ›
Old Chinese	/*sə.loj/
English	(place name)
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	隋
Reading #	3/3
No.	5437
Phonetic component	隓
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	隨
Old Chinese	/*ljol/
Notes	見淮南子本作隨

Definitions

隋

1. (～朝) Sui dynasty
2. a surname

See also

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name	Time period	Divisions
Xia 夏 (～朝, ～代)	2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang 商 (～朝, ～代) 殷 (～朝, ～代)	1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代)	1046 – 256 BCE	Western Zhou 西周
		Eastern Zhou 東周／东周	Spring and Autumn period 春秋
			Warring States period 戰國／战国
Qin 秦 (～朝, ～代)	221 – 206 BCE
Han 漢／汉 (～朝, ～代)	206 BCE – 220 C.E.	Western Han 西漢／西汉
		Xin 新 (～朝)
		Eastern Han 東漢／东汉
Three Kingdoms 三國／三国	220 – 280 C.E.	Wei 魏
		Shu Han 蜀漢／蜀汉
		Wu 吳／吴
Jin 晉／晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 C.E.	Western Jin 西晉／西晋
		Eastern Jin 東晉／东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝	420 – 589 C.E.	Northern dynasties 北朝	Northern Wei 北魏
			Western Wei 西魏
			Eastern Wei 東魏／东魏
			Northern Zhou 北周
			Northern Qi 北齊／北齐
		Southern dynasties 南朝	Liu Song 劉宋／刘宋
			Southern Qi 南齊／南齐
			Liang 梁 (～朝, ～代)
			Chen 陳／陈 (～朝, ～代)
Sui 隋 (～朝, ～代)	581 – 618 C.E.
Tang 唐 (～朝, ～代)	618 – 907 C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國／五代十国	907 – 960 C.E.
Liao 遼／辽 (～朝, ～代)	907 – 1125 C.E.
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 C.E.	Northern Song 北宋
		Southern Song 南宋
Western Xia 西夏	1038 – 1227 C.E.
Jin 金 (～朝, ～代)	1115 – 1234 C.E.
Western Liao 西遼／西辽	1124 – 1218 C.E.
Yuan 元 (～朝, ～代)	1271 – 1368 C.E.
Ming 明 (～朝, ～代)	1368 – 1644 C.E.
Qing 清 (～朝, ～代)	1636 – 1912 C.E.

Compounds

• 和璧隋珠
• 和隋之珍
• 隋侯之珠
• 隋侯明月
• 隋文帝
• 隋書／隋书
• 隋朝 (Suícháo)
• 隋煬帝／隋炀帝
• 隋珠
• 隋隄

 

Descendants

• → English: Sui

References

• “隋”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

隋

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): た (ta); だ (da); ずい (zui)
• Kun: おちる (ochiru, 隋ちる); なまける (namakeru)

Proper noun

Kanji in this term
隋
ずい Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

隋(ずい) • (Zui) 

1. Sui dynasty

Korean

Hanja

隋 (eum 수 (su))

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Vietnamese

Han character

隋: Hán Nôm readings: tùy/tuỳ

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