Kanji Detail for 徇 - "proclaim, follow, circle"

徇

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
徇 means "proclaim, follow, circle."
1. Proclaim - To announce; to spread widely.
2. Follow - To comply with.
3. Circle - To go around.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

herald; announce; follow; obey; seek; lay down one's life

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

comply with, follow; display

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to give in to; to be swayed by (personal considerations etc); Taiwan pr. [xun2]; to follow; to expose publicly; variant of 侚[xun4]; variant of 殉[xun4]

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to follow, to comply with; to display

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

To parade as a warning. Punishing to show the masses is 徇. | To follow. Following things with one's person is 徇. Such as "greedy men follow wealth; valiant men follow fame." Also written as 殉.
Onyomi

jun(じゅん)

shun(しゅん)
Kunyomi

amane.shi(あまねし)

shitaga.u(したがう)

tona.eru(となえる)
Strokes

9 strokes
Radical

彳 (gyonimben)
Related Keywords
proclaim announce spread widely follow comply circle around