徇

徇	U+5F87, 徇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F87

← 徆
[U+5F86]

CJK Unified Ideographs

很 →
[U+5F88]

Translingual

Han character

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

comply with, follow
display

References

KangXi: page 366, character 11

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10091

Dae Jaweon: page 687, character 5

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): 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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sɢʷins) : semantic 彳 + phonetic 旬 (OC *sɢʷin).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xùn (xun⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): seon¹, seon⁶
(Taishan, Wiktionary): lhun¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sùn
(Meixian, Guangdong): sun²
Min Bei (KCR): sě̤ng
Min Dong (BUC): sŭng / sùng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): sūn / sûn
(Teochew, Peng'im): sung⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): xxyn (T3); xxion (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xùn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syùn
  - Wade–Giles: hsün⁴
  - Yale: syùn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiunn
  - Palladius: сюнь (sjunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn⁵¹/

Note: Often mispronounced as xún.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seon¹, seon⁶
  - Yale: sēun, seuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soen¹, soen⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sên¹, sên⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn⁵⁵/, /sɵn²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lhun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬun³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sùn
  - Hakka Romanization System: sunˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sun²
  - Sinological IPA: /sun¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: sun²
  - Sinological IPA: /sun¹¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sě̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœyŋ²¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sŭng / sùng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /suŋ⁵⁵/, /suŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūn
  - Tâi-lô: sūn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sun
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sun⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sun²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûn
  - Tâi-lô: sûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suun
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /sun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sung⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sûng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /suŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: xxyn (T3); xxion (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʑ̥ʏɲ²³/, /ʑ̥i̯ʊŋ²³/

Middle Chinese: /ziuɪn^H/

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	/ziuɪn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/zʷin^H/
Shao Rongfen	/zjuen^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zwin^H/
Li Rong	/ziuĕn^H/
Wang Li	/zĭuĕn^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/zi̯uĕn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xùn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seon⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*s-[ɢ]ʷi[n]-s/
(Zhengzhang): /*sɢʷins/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	徇
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xùn
Middle Chinese	‹ zwin^H ›
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

to submit; to comply

Compounds

Derived terms from 徇

不徇
以言徇物
偏徇
出徇
姑徇
徇世
徇人
徇俗
徇公
徇公忘己
徇利
徇名
徇命
徇地
徇外
徇夫
徇察
徇己
徇庇
徇恩
徇情
徇情枉法
徇意
徇智
徇欺

徇物
徇私 (xùnsī)
徇私作弊
徇私舞弊 (xùnsīwǔbì)
徇葬
徇蒙
徇蔽
徇行
徇通
徇道
徇首
曲徇
烈士徇名
畏徇
看徇
瞻徇
私徇
苟徇
阿徇
食子徇君
不徇顏面／不徇颜面
寬徇／宽徇
徇公滅私／徇公灭私
徇務／徇务
徇國／徇国

徇國忘家／徇国忘家
徇國忘己／徇国忘己
徇國忘身／徇国忘身
徇書／徇书
徇祿／徇禄
徇私廢公／徇私废公
徇節／徇节
徇縱／徇纵
徇罰／徇罚
徇義／徇义
徇財／徇财
徇質／徇质
徇軀／徇躯
徇達／徇达
徇鋪／徇铺
徇鐸／徇铎
徇陳／徇陈
徇隱／徇隐
徇難／徇难
徇齊／徇齐
捐身徇義／捐身徇义
時徇／时徇
諂徇／谄徇
貪夫徇財／贪夫徇财

References

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

Japanese

Kanji

徇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: じゅん (jun)

Kan-on: しゅん (shun)

Kun: あまねし (amaneshi, 徇し); したがう (shitagau, 徇う); となえる (tonaeru, 徇える)

Nanori: となう (tonau)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

徇: Hán Nôm readings: toang, toạng, tuân, tuẫn

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References

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