随

See also: 隨

随 U+968F, 随 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-968F ← 階 [U+968E] CJK Unified Ideographs 隐 → [U+9690]

Translingual

Japanese	随
Simplified	随
Traditional	隨

Etymology

Simplified from 隨 (遀 → 迶) in simplified Chinese and Japanese shinjitai.

Han character

随 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+9, 11 strokes in Chinese, 12 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 弓中卜大月 (NLYKB) or 難弓中卜大 (XNLYK), composition ⿰阝迶)

Derived characters

• 𫝡

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1359, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41764
• Dae Jaweon: page 1862, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4143, character 2
• Unihan data for U+968F

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 随 – see 隨 (“to follow; to listen to; to submit; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 隨).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai	随
Kyūjitai	隨

Kanji

随

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 隨)

1. follow, though, notwithstanding
2. while, during, according to
3. to obey, submit, comply, act as one is told to

Readings

• Go-on: ずい (zui, Jōyō)^{←ずゐ (zwi, historical)}
• Kan-on: すい (sui)^{←すゐ (swi, historical)}
• Kun: したがう (shitagau, 随う)^{←したがふ (sitagafu, 随ふ, historical)}、まにま (manima, 随)、まにまに (manima ni, 随に)、まま (mama, 随)
• Nanori: あや (aya, 随)、みち (michi, 随)、ゆき (yuki, 随)、より (yori, 随)

Usage notes

• Most dictionaries proscribe historical -uwi readings すゐ (suwi), ずゐ (zuwi), つゐ (tuwi), ゆゐ (yuwi), and るゐ (ruwi).

Compounds

• 随(ずい)意(い) (zuii): voluntary, optional
• 随(ずい)一(いち) (zuiichi): one of the best, greatest
• 随(ずい)員(いん) (zuiin)
• 随(ずい)園(えん) (zuien)
• 随(ずい)縁(えん) (zuien)
• 随(ずい)和(か) (zuika)
• 随(ずい)感(かん) (zuikan)
• 随(ずい)喜(き) (zuiki)
• 随(ずい)契(けい) (zuikei)
• 随(ずい)行(こう) (zuikō)
• 随(ずい)坐(ざ) (zuiza)
• 随(ずい)事(じ) (zuiji)
• 随(ずい)時(じ) (zuiji): at any time
• 随(ずい)手(しゅ) (zuishu)
• 随(ずい)従(じゅう) (zuijū)
• 随(ずい)順(じゅん) (zuijun)
• 随(ずい)所(しょ), 随(ずい)処(しょ) (zuisho): everywhere
• 随(ずい)性(しょう) (zuishō)
• 随(ずい)身(しん) (zuishin)
• 随(ずい)身(じん) (zuijin)
• 随(ずい)想(そう) (zuisō)
• 随(ずい)逐(ちく) (zuichiku)
• 随(ずい)伴(はん) (zuihan)
• 随(ずい)筆(ひつ) (zuihitsu): essays, jottings, miscellaneous writings
• 随(ずい)兵(ひょう) (zuihyō)
• 随(ずい)風(ふう) (zuifū)
• 随(ずい)分(ぶん) (zuibun): very, considerably, extremely
• 随(ずい)歩(ほ) (zuiho)
• 随(ずい)和(わ) (zuiwa)
• 委(い)随(ずい), 逶(い)随(ずい) (izui)
• 気(き)随(ずい) (kizui)
• 詭(き)随(ずい) (kizui)
• 肩(けん)随(ずい) (kenzui)
• 跟(こん)随(ずい) (konzui)
• 唱(しょう)随(ずい), 倡(しょう)随(ずい) (shōzui)
• 追(つい)随(ずい) (tsuizui)
• 不(ふ)随(ずい) (fuzui)
• 附(ふ)随(ずい), 付(ふ)随(ずい) (fuzui)

 

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
随
ずい Grade: S
goon

Alternative spelling
隨 (kyūjitai)

Clipping of 気随 (kizui, “wandering mind; capriciousness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡zɨi]

Noun

随(ずい) • (zui) 

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Adjective

随(ずい) • (zui) ^†-nari

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Inflection

Classical conjugation of "随なり" (ナリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	随なら	ずいなら	zuinara
Continuative (連用形)	随に[1] 随なり[2]	ずいに ずいなり	zuini zuinari
Terminal (終止形)	随なり	ずいなり	zuinari
Attributive (連体形)	随なる	ずいなる	zuinaru
Realis (已然形)	随なれ	ずいなれ	zuinare
Imperative (命令形)	随なれ	ずいなれ	zuinare
Key constructions
Negative	随ならず	ずいならず	zuinarazu
Contrasting conjunction	随なれど	ずいなれど	zuinaredo
Causal conjunction	随なれば	ずいなれば	zuinareba
Conditional conjunction	随ならば	ずいならば	zuinaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	随なりき	ずいなりき	zuinariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	随なりけり	ずいなりけり	zuinarikeri
Adverbial	随に	ずいに	zuini
[1]Without auxiliary verb. [2]With auxiliary verb.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
随
まにま Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
隨 (kyūjitai) 随意

From Old Japanese. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma̠ɲ̟ima̠]

Noun

随(まにま) • (manima) 

1. following, accompaniment, compliance

Derived terms

• まにまに (manima ni)
• 儘(まま) (mama)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 随 – see the following entry.

【儘まま】H [noun] the same, unchanged state; state as it is [noun] (mostly in the form 儘になる (mama ni naru)) the desired or ideal state; freedom [noun] act of leaving things as it is Alternative spellings 任, 侭, まんま

(This term, 随, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

随 • (su) (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune–Reischauer su, Yale swu)

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