suí

Sui dynasty

Original meaning: 

shred sacrificial meat

Phonosemantic compound. represents the sound and ⺼ represents the meaning.

Components
隓 sound,remnant component

  Sound Remnant component

huīduò

  

destroy

⺼ meaning component

  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

Evolution

隋 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
隋 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
隋 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

suí

Sui dynasty; surname

 

Suí

the Sui dynasty (581-617 AD); surname Sui

Most common words with 隋
Freq.
Word
Meaning

surname Sui

隋朝

Sui dynasty (581-617)

隋炀帝

Emperor Yang of Sui (569-618), said to have murdered his father and brother to seize the throne, reigned 604-618

隋文帝

first Sui emperor (541-604) Yang Jian (541-604), reigned 581-604

Component uses

Sound component in 5 characters (2 verified)

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。”


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