邃
suì

profound

Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 遂 represents the sound.

Components

穴
穴 Meaning component
xué, jué cave

A cave is very deep.

遂
遂 Sound component
suì comply with

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsluds

說文解字

《說文》:“邃,深遠也。从穴,遂聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica