Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

随: follow, though

Also: notwithstanding, while, during, both, all, obey, submit to, comply, at the mercy of (the waves)

JLPT N112 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

⻌ carries the meaning · 陏 gives the sound

12 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ズイzui · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 随時ずいじwhenever necessary; as needed; as required
  • 随所ずいしょeverywhere; all over the place
  • 追随ついずいfollowing (in the footsteps of)
  • 随筆ずいひつ
  • 随員ずいいんmember of an entourage or retinue or party
  • 随一ずいいちbest; greatest; first
  • 随分ずいぶん

Also read まにまに, したがう, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Climb high! This radical represents the natural landscape of mounds, hills, and the protective physical barriers they provide for human settlements.”
More in the 阝 hill story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
陏

Also built on 陏

The 陏 family reads ダ (da); 随 is read ズイ.

⻌

Also built on road (⻌)

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Also read ズイ

2 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
随 follow · ⻌
vs堕 degenerate · 土
随 has ⻌ where 堕 has 土.
In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 隨 · suí

Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 随. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 隨.

Simplified
随 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
隨 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin suí most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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