粛

See also: 肅 and 肃

粛 U+7C9B, 粛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7C9B ← 粚 [U+7C9A] CJK Unified Ideographs 粜 → [U+7C9C]

Translingual

Traditional	肅
Shinjitai	粛
Simplified	肃

Han character

粛 (Kangxi radical 119, 米+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中中火中 (LLFL), composition ⿻肀𫂱)

Related characters

• 嘨, 簘, 繍, 䔥, 𩥶

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 908, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29223
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3146, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7C9B

Usage notes

The Kangxi dictionary lists 粛 as the unorthodox form (俗字) of 肅. Note that the middle stroke of 肀 extends right to the bottom. The middle stroke of 米 is connected from above.

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 粛 – see 肅 (“respectful; solemn; etc.”). (This character is the former (1935–1936) ROC simplified, former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified, and variant form of 肅).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai	粛
Kyūjitai	肅

Kanji

粛

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 肅)

1. pay respects
2. reverently

Readings

• Go-on: すく (suku)
• Kan-on: しゅく (shuku, Jōyō)
• Kun: つつしむ (tsutsushimu, 粛む)

Compounds

• 粛清 (shukusei): purge
• 粛正 (shukusei): regulation
• 粛党 (shukutō): cleaning up (political party)
• 粛然 (shukuzen): silent, quiet
• 粛粛 (shukushuku): silent, solemn
• 厳粛 (genshuku): gravity, solemnity
• 静粛 (seishuku): silence, stillness