遜

See also: 逊

遜	U+905C, 遜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-905C

← 遛
[U+905B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

遝 →
[U+905D]

Translingual

Han character

遜 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜弓木火 (YNDF), four-corner 3230₉, composition ⿺辶孫)

Derived characters

䕖

References

KangXi: page 1263, character 3

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39038

Dae Jaweon: page 1757, character 7

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3874, character 3

Unihan data for U+905C

Chinese

trad.		遜
simp.		逊

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
孫	*suːn
猻	*suːn
蓀	*suːn
搎	*suːn
遜	*suːns
愻	*suːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *suːns) : semantic 辵 (“to walk”) + phonetic 孫 (OC *suːn).

Etymology

Cognate with 孫 (OC *suːn, “grandchild”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xùn (xun⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³
Min Nan (POJ): sùn

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/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seon³
  - Yale: seun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soen³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sên³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sùn
  - Tâi-lô: sùn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suxn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sun⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sun¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sun²¹/

Middle Chinese: /suən^H/

Rime
Character	遜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蘇困切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/suən^H/
Pan Wuyun	/suon^H/
Shao Rongfen	/suən^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/swən^H/
Li Rong	/suən^H/
Wang Li	/suən^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/suən^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sùn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syun³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*suːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	遜
Reading #	1/1
No.	12182
Phonetic component	孫
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	巽
Old Chinese	/*suːns/

Definitions

遜

humble; modest
to abdicate; (of an emperor) to give up the throne
(literary) inferior
(literary) to flee; to escape; to evade
- 吾家耄遜于荒 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  吾家耄逊于荒 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of Documents, circa 7^th – 4^th centuries BCE
  wú jiā mào xùn yú huāng [Pinyin]
  Our household's elders fled to the wasteland

Compounds

不遜／不逊 (bùxùn)
出言不遜／出言不逊 (chūyánbùxùn)
口出不遜／口出不逊
固遜／固逊
托克遜／托克逊 (Tuōkèxùn)
推賢遜能／推贤逊能
推遜／推逊
桀驁不遜／桀骜不逊

毫不遜色／毫不逊色
湯遜湖／汤逊湖 (Tāngxùn Hú)
略遜一籌／略逊一筹
稍遜一籌／稍逊一筹 (shāoxùnyīchóu)
約翰遜／约翰逊 (Yuēhànxùn)
謙遜／谦逊 (qiānxùn)
謙遜下士／谦逊下士

達布遜／达布逊 (Dábùxùn)
遜位／逊位
遜志時敏／逊志时敏
遜色／逊色 (xùnsè)
遜謝／逊谢 (xùnxiè)
遜遁／逊遁
遜順／逊顺

Japanese

Kanji

遜

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

modest; humble

Readings

Go-on: そん (son, Jōyō)
Kan-on: そん (son, Jōyō)
Kun: ゆずる (yuzuru, 遜る); へりくだる (herikudaru, 遜る); したがう (shitagau)
Nanori: ゆずる (yuzuru)

Compounds

遜色(そんしょく) (sonshoku): inferiority

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 遜 (MC suən^H).

Hanja

遜 (eumhun 겸손할 손 (gyeomsonhal son))

Hanja form^? of 손 (“modesty”).

Compounds

공손 (恭遜, gongson, “politeness; courteousness; civility”)
겸손 (謙遜, gyeomson, “modesty, humility”)
손색 (遜色, sonsaek, “inferiority”)
불손 (不遜, bulson, “immodesty; insolence”)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

遜: Hán Nôm readings: tốn

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