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

References

KangXi: page 1263, character 3

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39038

Dae Jaweon: page 1757, character 7

Hanyu Da Zidian: 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)⁺
  - Pinyin: xùn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˋ
  - Wade–Giles: hsün⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiunn
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕyn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seon³
  - Yale: seun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soen³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sên³
  - 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

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 yield

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
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
約翰遜／约翰逊 (Yuēhànxùn)
謙遜／谦逊 (qiānxùn)
謙遜下士／谦逊下士

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)

Compounds

遜色 (そんしょく) (sonshoku): inferiority

Korean

Hanja

遜 • (son) (hangeul 손, revised son, McCune–Reischauer son, Yale son)

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Vietnamese

Han character

遜 (tốn)

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