帥

帥 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹口中月 (HRLB), four-corner 2472₇, composition ⿰𠂤巾)

• 𣈪, 𦝭, 𧍓

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 331, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8886
• Dae Jaweon: page 636, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 737, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5E25

Historical forms of the character 帥
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 寻 (“two hands”) + 巾 (“scarf”) - to wear a scarf. Shuowen Jiezi interprets it as Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sruds, *srud) : phonetic 𠂤 (*C.tˤuj) + semantic 巾.

Also written as 率 (OC *sruds, *rud, *srud, “to lead”); both represent the s-causative of 律 (OC *rud, “to follow”). Cognate with Tibetan སྲིད (srid, “commander, leader”).

帥

1. (military) to command; to lead (and give orders to); to designate

   • 子曰：「三軍可奪帥也，匹夫不可奪志也。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子曰：「三军可夺帅也，匹夫不可夺志也。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE

     Zǐyuē: “Sānjūn kě duó shuài yě, pǐfū bùkě duó zhì yě.” [Pinyin]

     The Master said: "The three armies' commander can be seized. The common man's will cannot be deprived."

   • 上帥士以人之所戴，則上下和。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     上帅士以人之所戴，则上下和。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Guanzi, 5^th century BCE to 220 CE

     Shàng shuài shì yǐ rén zhī suǒ dài, zé shàngxià hé. [Pinyin]

     If the king appoints respected officers as commanders, there will be harmony in the military.

   • 4th cent. BC, 《竹書紀年》 (Bamboo Annals), s.v. "周宣王" (Xuan King):

     五年... 秋八月，方叔帥師伐荊蠻

     Year 5 [c. 820 BC]... Autumn, Month 8: "Uncle" Fang led a force to slaughter the Jingman.

2. to lead; to guide

   • 季康子問政於孔子。孔子對曰：「政者，正也。子帥以正，孰敢不正？」 [MSC, trad.]
     季康子问政于孔子。孔子对曰：「政者，正也。子帅以正，孰敢不正？」 [MSC, simp.]

     Jì Kāng Zǐ wèn zhèng yú Kǒngzǐ. Kǒngzǐ duì yuē: “Zhèng zhě, zhèng yě. Zǐ shuài yǐ zhèng, shú gǎn bùzhèng?” [Pinyin]

     The philosopher Ji Kang asked Confucius about government; Confucius answered: "To govern is to rectify. When you lead correctly, who'd dare be not correct?"

3. (to be a) role model; example
4. to follow; to adhere to

   帥教／帅教  ―  shuàijiào  ―  to follow guidance

5. rapid; sharp; sudden

   帥然／帅然  ―  shuàirán  ―  suddenly, rapidly

   帥爾／帅尔  ―  shuài'ěr  ―  rapidly

6. commander-in-chief; marshal
7. officialdom; senior officials
8. (of a person or a thing) leader; guider; leading factor
9. (xiangqi) marshal: 🩠, the chief piece (on the red side)
10. (colloquial, of men) handsome; good-looking; hot

    帥呆／帅呆  ―  shuàidāi  ―  to be very good-looking

    帥哥／帅哥  ―  shuàigē  ―  handsome guy

11. (colloquial) elegant; beautiful; splendid; impressive
12. a surname: Shuai

• (handsome):

• (Chinese chess pieces) 帥／帅 (shuài) / 將／将, 仕 (shì) / 士 (shì), 相 / 象 (xiàng), 俥／伡 / 車／车, 傌 / 㐷 / 馬／马 (mǎ), 炮 / 砲／炮, 兵 (bīng) / 卒

• 帨 (shuì, “shawl, mantelet”) - may be used interchangeably; forms the character etymology of 帥.
• 率 (shuài, “to lead”) - may be used interchangeably
• 將／将 (jiàng, “officer”)

(Jōyō kanji)

1. commander

• Go-on: すい (sui, Jōyō)^{←すゐ (swi, historical)}、そち (sochi)
• Kan-on: すい (sui, Jōyō)^{←すゐ (swi, historical)}、そつ (sotsu)
• Kun: ひきいる (hikiiru, 帥いる)^{←ひきゐる (fikiwiru, 帥ゐる, historical)}

From Middle Chinese 帥 (MC srwijH). Recorded as Middle Korean 슈〮 (syú) (Yale: syu) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

帥

Wikisource

帥 (eumhun 장수 수 (jangsu su))

1. hanja form^? of 수 (“commander”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

帥: Hán Nôm readings: suất, súy/suý, súy/suý, soái

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