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徇

徇

Translingual

Han character

徇 (radical 60 彳+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹人心日 (HOPA), four-corner 27220, composition ⿰彳旬)

  1. comply with, follow
  2. display

References

  • KangXi: page 366, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10091
  • Dae Jaweon: page 687, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 819, character 21
  • Unihan data for U+5F87

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 徇

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (匀) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
枃 *skins
笉 *skʰinʔ
郇 *ɡʷreːn, *sqʰʷin
絢 *qʰʷiːns
眴 *qʰʷiːns, *ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷin, *qʰʷjins, *ŋʷjin
盷 *ɡʷiːn
訇 *ɡʷiːn, *qʰʷreːŋ
迿 *ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷins
姰 *ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷin
畇 *l'iːŋ, *sqʰʷin, *sɢʷin, *ɢʷin
荀 *sqʰʷin
詢 *sqʰʷin
洵 *sqʰʷin, *sɢʷin
恂 *sqʰʷin
峋 *sqʰʷin
珣 *sqʰʷin
槆 *sqʰʷin
筍 *sqʰʷinʔ
箰 *sqʰʷinʔ
旬 *sɢʷin
殉 *sɢʷins
徇 *sɢʷins
侚 *sɢʷins
均 *kʷin
鈞 *kʷin
袀 *kʷin
汮 *kʷin, *kʷrin
呁 *kʷins
筠 *ɡʷin
荺 *ɢʷin, *ɡʷinʔ
匀 *ɢʷin
韵 *ɢʷins
輷 *qʰʷreːŋ, *qʰʷreːŋs
揈 *qʰʷreːŋ
鍧 *qʰʷreːŋ
渹 *qʰʷreːŋ
赹 *ɡʷeŋ
憌 *ɡʷeŋ
惸 *ɡʷeŋ
咰 *sqʰʷrid

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 徇
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 邪 (17)
Final (韻) 諄 (47)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 辭閏切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ziuɪnH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /zʷinH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /zjuenH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /zwinH/
Li
Rong		 /ziuĕnH/
Wang
Li		 /zĭuĕnH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /zi̯uĕnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xùn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 徇
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 xùn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ zwinH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*s-[ɢ]ʷi[n]-s/
English go everywhere

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 徇
Reading # 1/1
No. 16399
Phonetic
component		 匀
Rime
group		 眞
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 殉
Old
Chinese		 /*sɢʷins/

Definitions

徇

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Compounds

  • 不徇顏面／不徇颜面
  • 徇公忘己
  • 徇公滅私／徇公灭私
  • 徇務／徇务
  • 徇國忘家／徇国忘家
  • 徇國忘己／徇国忘己
  • 徇國忘身／徇国忘身
  • 徇地
  • 徇情
  • 徇情枉法
  • 徇私
  • 徇私作弊
  • 徇私廢公／徇私废公
  • 徇私舞弊
  • 徇罰／徇罚
  • 徇義／徇义
  • 徇行
  • 徇通
  • 徇首
  • 徇齊／徇齐
  • 烈士徇名
  • 瞻徇
  • 貪夫徇財／贪夫徇财

References

Japanese

Kanji

徇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

徇 • ‎(sun) (hangeul 순, revised sun, McCune-Reischauer sun, Yale swun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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