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遵

zūn
verb #25,506

Meanings

  1. 1 to obey
  2. 2 to follow
  3. 3 to comply

Examples

HSK 3
他一直遵从公司的决定。
Tā yìzhí zūncóng gōngsī de juédìng.
He has always complied with the company's decisions.
HSK 5
每个人都必须遵守交通规则。
Měigè rén dōu bìxū zūnshǒu jiāotōng guīzé.
Everyone must obey the rules of the road.
HSK 7-9
这个项目遵循国际设计标准。
Zhège xiàngmù zūnxún guójì shèjì biāozhǔn.
This project follows international design standards.

Tips

memory
辶 (walk) + 尊 (respect) = walking respectfully, i.e. obeying.

Components

radical
辶 chuò
to walk; motion
Three-stroke motion radical wrapping the bottom-left, picturing a foot taking a step. 遵 means to follow or comply with: moving along a prescribed path. The radical drives 进 to advance, 退 to retreat, 追 to pursue, 通 to pass through.
phonetic
尊 zūn
to respect; venerable (here phonetic and semantic)
Right side 尊 supplies the sound, zūn read straight across with no shift. 尊 also pulls semantic weight: it pictures hands raising a wine vessel in reverence. Combined with the motion radical, the char yields walking-in-reverence: to follow respectfully, to obey, to abide by.

Stroke Order

遵 zūn