遂
遂·accomplish, carry through, at last
- On-yomi
- スイ
- Kun-yomi
- と(げる)つい(に)
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遂行 | すいこう | execution, carrying out (a task) |
| 遂げる | とげる | to achieve, to accomplish |
| 未遂 | みすい | attempted (crime), unsuccessful attempt |
| 完遂 | かんすい | full accomplishment |
Example sentences
彼は目標を見事に遂げた。
かれはもくひょうをみごとにとげた。
He achieved his goal splendidly.
任務を最後まで遂行した。
にんむをさいごまですいこうした。
He carried the mission through to the end.
その事件は未遂に終わった。
そのじけんはみすいにおわった。
The incident ended as an attempt only.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Reading 未遂 as みつい — it is みすい
- 遂に (ついに, at last) is usually written in kana; seeing the kanji, learners often misread it as すいに
Memory aid
Picture it
The road radical 辶 carrying 豕 (a pig): driving the animal all the way down the road to the end — seeing a thing through.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 遂げるとげるto accomplish, to achieve; to undergo (a change)
- 成し遂げるなしとげるto accomplish, to achieve
- 遂行すいこうaccomplishment, execution
- 完遂かんすいcomplete accomplishment
- やり遂げるやりとげるto carry through; to accomplish; to see something through to the end
- 遂についにfinally, at last; (with a negative) in the end, never
- 遂行するすいこうするto carry out, to accomplish (a duty)
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