雖

See also: 虽

雖	U+96D6, 雖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96D6

← 雕
[U+96D5]

CJK Unified Ideographs

雗 →
[U+96D7]

Translingual

Han character

雖 (radical 172 隹+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 口戈人土 (RIOG), four-corner 6011₄, composition ⿰虽隹)

References

KangXi: page 1368, character 22

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42104

Dae Jaweon: page 1872, character 39

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4103, character 5

Unihan data for U+96D6

Chinese

trad.		雖
simp.		虽
alt. forms		𧐌𨿽𧈧𨾡

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (唯) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
匯	ɢʷrɯːlʔ, kʰʷriːl
擓	*kʰʷriːl
淮	*ɡʷriːl
睢	qʰʷel, sqʰʷil, qʰʷi, qʰʷils
嶉	*sqʷi
趡	*skʰʷilʔ
踓	skʰʷilʔ, ɢʷilʔ
雖	*sqʰʷi
濉	*sqʰʷi
倠	*qʰʷi
婎	qʰʷil, qʰʷils
蓶	ɢʷi, ɢʷiʔ
維	*ɢʷi
惟	*ɢʷi
唯	ɢʷi, ɢʷiʔ
濰	*ɢʷi
琟	*ɢʷil
鷕	ɢʷiʔ, ɢʷiʔ
帷	*ɢʷril
鵻	sɢʷinʔ, tjul

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sqʰʷi) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 唯 (OC *ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): suī (sui¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sûi
Min Bei (KCR): sṳ́
Min Dong (BUC): chŭi
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): sui

(Teochew, Peng'im): sui¹
Wu (Wiktionary): soe (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: suī
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟ
  - Wade–Giles: sui¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suei
  - IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi¹
  - Yale: sēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sûi
  - Hakka Romanization System: sui´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sui¹
  - IPA: /su̯i²⁴/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sṳ́
  - IPA ^(key): /sy⁵⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chŭi
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuoi⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sui
  - Tâi-lô: sui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sui³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sui¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sui
  - IPA ^(key): /sui³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: soe (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /sø⁵³/

Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 雖
Mandarin	Beijing	/suei⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/suei²⁴/
	Tianjin	/suei⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/suei²¹³/
	Qingdao	/sue²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/suei²⁴/
	Xi'an	/suei²¹/
	Xining	/suɨ⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/suei⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/suei³¹/
	Ürümqi	/suei⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/sei⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/ɕy⁵⁵/ /suei⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/ɕi⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/suei⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/suəi³¹/
	Hefei	/se²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/suei¹¹/
	Pingyao	/suei¹³/
	Hohhot	/suei³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/sø⁵³/
	Suzhou	/se̞⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/sz̩ʷei³³/
	Wenzhou	/sz̩³³/
Hui	Shexian	/ɕye⁴⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/se¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/sei³³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/səi³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/sui⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/sui⁴⁴/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/sui²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/søy⁵³/
	Nanning	/ɬui⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/søy⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/sui⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/t͡sʰuoi⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/sy⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/sui³³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/tui²³/

Middle Chinese: /siuɪ/▼

Rime
Character	雖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息遺切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siuɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/sʷi/
Shao Rongfen	/sjuɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/swi/
Li Rong	/sui/
Wang Li	/swi/
Bernard Karlgren	/swi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	suī

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*s-qʷij/

(Zhengzhang): /*sqʰʷi/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	雖
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	suī
Middle Chinese	‹ swij ›
Old Chinese	/*s-qʷij/
English	although; even if
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	雖
Reading #	1/1
No.	12844
Phonetic component	唯
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	綏
Old Chinese	/*sqʰʷi/

Definitions

雖

although; even if

麻雀雖小，五臟俱全 [MSC, trad.]
麻雀虽小，五脏俱全 [MSC, simp.]
máquèsuīxiǎo, wǔzàngjùquán [Pinyin]
A sparrow may be small, but it has all its vital organs. [proverb]

在你身邊路雖遠未疲倦 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
在你身边路虽远未疲倦 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
From: 鄧麗君 (lyricist 鄭國江), 漫步人生路
zoi⁶ nei⁵ san¹ bin¹ lou⁶ seoi¹ jyun⁵ mei⁶ pei⁴ gyun⁶ [Jyutping]
By your side, although the road is long, I am still not tired
a kind of animal similar to lizard
to push
(slang) Alternative form of 衰 (shuāi, “unlucky; unimpressive”).

太雖了！ / 太虽了！ ― Tài suī le! ― So unlucky! / So boring!

Compounds

然雖／然虽
話雖如此／话虽如此
雖休勿休／虽休勿休
雖使／虽使
雖則／虽则 (suīzé)
雖復／虽复

雖恐／虽恐
雖故／虽故
雖敗猶榮／虽败犹荣
雖是／虽是
雖死猶生／虽死犹生

雖然／虽然 (suīrán, “although”)
雖然如此／虽然如此
雖覆能復／虽覆能复
雖說／虽说 (suīshuō, “although”)
雖馬／虽马

Japanese

Kanji

雖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Goon: すい (sui)
Kan’on: すい (sui)
Kun: いえども (iedomo, 雖も)

Korean

Hanja

雖 • (su) (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune–Reischauer su, Yale swu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

雖 (tuy)

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