遂
suìsuí HSK7

comply with

Original meaning: to flee

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 㒸 represents the sound. The meaning later shifted to "follow along" and "comply with".

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

㒸
㒸 Sound component
suì obey

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Spring and Autumn ~600 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

隧邃燧

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartzwijHsə-lu[t]-s advance (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“遂，亡也。从辵，聲。，古文遂。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫李学勤《字源》p.128
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)