述

See also: 迷

述	U+8FF0, 述 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8FF0

← 迯
[U+8FEF]

CJK Unified Ideographs

迱 →
[U+8FF1]

Translingual

Han character

述 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+5, 9 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 8 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 卜戈木 (YID) or 卜戈十金 (YIJC), four-corner 3330₉, composition ⿺辶术(GV) or ⿺辶朮(HTJK))

Derived characters

𬾬, 𣉐, 𮘣, 𨩔, 𬨳, 𬩋, 鶐
蒁 (Exception: Only for Chinese character form. Japanese character form is written ⿺辶𦬸 instead)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1255, character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38803
Dae Jaweon: page 1738, character 30
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3822, character 13
Unihan data for U+8FF0

Chinese

trad.		述
simp. ^#		述
alternative forms		𠰲術／术䢤

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 述
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
訹	*slud
怵	*l̥ʰud
朮	l'ud, ɦljud
炢	*l'ud
術	*ɦljud
述	*ɦljud
秫	*ɦljud
沭	*ɦljud
蒁	*ɦrud

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɦljud) : semantic 辵 (“walk”) + phonetic 朮 (OC *l'ud, *ɦljud).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shù (shu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seot⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): su̍t

(Meixian, Guangdong): sud⁶
Northern Min (KCR): sṳ̆
Eastern Min (BUC): sŭk
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): su̍t

(Teochew, Peng'im): sug⁸
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸zeq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shù
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shù
  - Wade–Giles: shu⁴
  - Yale: shù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuh
  - Palladius: шу (šu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: seot⁶
  - Yale: seuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soet⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêd⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵt̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: su̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: sud
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sud⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /sut̚⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: sud⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /sut̚⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sṳ̆
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sy²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sŭk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /suʔ⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su̍t
  - Tâi-lô: su̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sut
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sut̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sut̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sut̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sut̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sut̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sug⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: su̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /suk̚⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸zeq
  - MiniDict: zeh^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵zeq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zəʔ¹²/

Middle Chinese: zywit

Rime
Character	述
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	船 (27)
Final (韻)	術 (52)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	食聿切
Baxter	zywit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʑiuɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʑʷit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʑjuet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʑwit̚/
Li Rong	/d͡ʑiuĕt̚/
Wang Li	/d͡ʑĭuĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡ʑʰi̯uĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seot⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə-lut/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɦljud/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	述
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shù
Middle Chinese	‹ zywit ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə-lut/
English	follow
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	述
Reading #	1/1
No.	11854
Phonetic component	术
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	術
Old Chinese	/*ɦljud/

Definitions

述

to follow; to adhere to; to observe; to obey; to go by
to state; to narrate; to relate; to recount
述職／述职 ― shùzhí ― to report on one's work
to inherit and transmit; to expound and impart (theories put forth by the predecessors)
- 子曰：「述而不作，信而好古，竊比於我老彭。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  子曰：「述而不作，信而好古，窃比于我老彭。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Zǐ yuē: “Shù ér bù zuò, xìn ér hàogǔ, qiè bǐ yú wǒ Lǎopéng.” [Pinyin]
  The Master said, “A transmitter and not a maker, believing in and loving the ancients, I venture to compare myself with our old Peng.”
- 聖君獨有之，故能述仁義於天下。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  圣君独有之，故能述仁义于天下。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of Lord Shang, circa 3^rd century BCE
  Shèngjūn dú yǒu zhī, gù néng shù rényì yú tiānxià. [Pinyin]
  Only a sage-prince possesses it [i.e. the virtue], and therefore he is able to transmit benevolence and righteousness to the empire.
works; writings; account; recount
a surname

Compounds

上述 (shàngshù)
亞述帝國／亚述帝国
供述 (gòngshù)
傳述／传述
列述 (lièshù)
前述 (qiánshù)
口述 (kǒushù)
口述歷史／口述历史 (kǒushù lìshǐ)
崔述
引述 (yǐnshù)
描述 (miáoshù)
撰述 (zhuànshù)
敘述／叙述 (xùshù)
敘述句／叙述句
概述 (gàishù)
申述 (shēnshù)
略述
盡述／尽述
祖述
稱述／称述 (chēngshù)
筆述／笔述
紹述／绍述
細述／细述 (xìshù)
經義述聞／经义述闻
綜述／综述 (zōngshù)
縷述／缕述
繼志述事／继志述事
繼述／继述
自述 (zìshù)
著述 (zhùshù)
著述等身
表述 (biǎoshù)
補述／补述
複述／复述 (fùshù)
記述／记述 (jìshù)
記述文學／记述文学
評述／评述 (píngshù)
詳述／详述 (xiángshù)
論述／论述 (lùnshù)
講述／讲述 (jiǎngshù)
贅述／赘述 (zhuìshù)
轉述／转述 (zhuǎnshù)
述作
述古
述異記／述异记
述而不作 (shù'érbùzuò)
述職／述职 (shùzhí)
述語／述语 (shùyǔ)
述說／述说 (shùshuō)
追述 (zhuīshù)
闡述／阐述 (chǎnshù)
陳述／陈述 (chénshù)
陳述句／陈述句 (chénshùjù)

References

“述”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai	述
Kyūjitai ^[1]^[2]^[3]	述󠄁 述+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	述󠄃 述+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

述

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

state, express

Readings

Go-on: じゅつ (jutsu, Jōyō)、ずち (zuchi)
Kan-on: しゅつ (shutsu)
Kun: のべる (noberu, 述べる, Jōyō)
Nanori: あきら (akira)、とも (tomo)、のぶ (nobu)、のぶる (noburu)、のり (nori)

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
述
じゅつ Grade: 5
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 述 (MC zywit).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じゅつ [júꜜtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[4]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɨt͡sɨ]

Noun

述(じゅつ) • (jutsu)

statement

References

^ “述”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024
^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 2096 (paper), page 1100 (digital)
^ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 1206 (paper), page 616 (digital)
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

述 (eumhun 펼 술 (pyeol sul))

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Compounds

술부 (述部, sulbu)
술어 (述語, sureo)
술작 (述作, suljak)
술회 (述懷, sulhoe)
공술 (供述, gongsul)
공술 (公述, gongsul)
구술 (口述, gusul)
기술 (旣述, gisul)
기술 (記述, gisul)
논술 (論述, nonsul)
누술 (縷述, nusul)
상술 (詳述, sangsul)
상술 (上述, sangsul)
서술 (敍述, seosul)
소술 (紹述, sosul)
약술 (略述, yaksul)
저술 (著述, jeosul)
전술 (先述, jeonsul)
전술 (前述, jeonsul)
조술 (祖述, josul)
진술 (陳述, jinsul)
찬술 (撰述, chansul)
찬술 (纂述, chansul)
필술 (筆述, pilsul)
후술 (後述, husul)

Vietnamese

Han character

述: Hán Nôm readings: thuật

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[1] “述”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

[2] Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 2096 (paper), page 1100 (digital)

[3] Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 1206 (paper), page 616 (digital)

[DJR-4] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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