How to Write 㒸 (suì) — Meaning “Ancient character meaning to follow or comply”

Imagine a pig (豕) with eight (八) legs that follows you everywhere you go. The eight legs make it easy to picture the pig constantly complying and following behind.

Start with the top radical 八: write the left stroke, then the right. Next, write 豕: first a horizontal stroke, then a left-falling stroke, then a curved hook, and finally two inner strokes. A common mistake is making the bottom part look like 彖 instead of 豕.

The character 兵 (bīng) means 'soldier' and has 丘 (hill) below the 八, not 豕. 其 (qí) means 'his/her/its' and has a top part that looks like 甘 with two vertical lines, not 八. Visually, 㒸 has a clear pig bottom, while the others have different bottom components.

㒸 is an ancient character and is rarely used in modern Chinese. It appears only in a few classical compound words like 㒸从 (to follow), 㒸愿 (to fulfill a wish), and 㒸心 (to satisfy one's heart). You will mostly encounter it in old texts or literature.

Common words containing 㒸 include: 㒸从 (suì cóng) — To follow or comply with; 㒸愿 (suì yuàn) — To fulfill a wish; 㒸心 (suì xīn) — To satisfy one's heart or desire.