逝

逝 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+7, 11 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 10 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 卜手竹中 (YQHL), four-corner 3230₂, composition ⿺辶折)

• 𭊅, 𩻔

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1258, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38895
• Dae Jaweon: page 1746, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3835, character 8
• Unihan data for U+901D

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɦljeds): semantic 辵 (“walking”) + phonetic 折 (OC *l'eːl, *ʔljed, *ɦljed)

逝

1. to flow

   • 滾滾長江東逝水，浪花淘盡英雄。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     滚滚长江东逝水，浪花淘尽英雄。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 14th Century, Yang Shen, The Immortals by the River, line 1

     Gǔngǔn Cháng Jiāng dōng shì shuǐ, lànghuā táo jìn yīngxióng. [Pinyin]

     Dinning and spinning Changjiang's waters eastward flow; its sprays drowning each and every hero.

   • 二川并逝，俱為一水， [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     二川并逝，俱为一水， [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Li Daoyuan, Commentary on the Water Classic, 386-534 CE

     èr chuān bìng shì, jù wèi yī shuǐ, [Pinyin]

     The two creeks flow side-by-side then merge into one brook,

2. to pass; to leave; to go off

   • 日月逝矣，歲不我與。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     日月逝矣，岁不我与。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

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

     Rìyuè shì yǐ, suì bù wǒ yǔ. [Pinyin]

     The days and months are passing away; the years do not wait for us.

3. to pass away; to die
4. (literary) Sentence-initial exclamatory particle.
5. (Southern Min) Classifier for journeys or occasions.
6. alternative form of 誓 (shì, “to vow”)

• “逝”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “逝”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “逝”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 211.

(Jōyō kanji)

1. to go
2. to die

• Go-on: ぜ (ze)
• Kan-on: せい (sei, Jōyō)
• On: せつ (setsu)
• Kun: ゆく (yuku, 逝く, Jōyō)、いく (iku, 逝く, Jōyō)、さる (saru, 逝る)

逝 • (seo) (hangeul 서, revised seo, McCune–Reischauer sŏ, Yale se)

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逝: Hán Nôm readings: thệ, thể

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