卒
ソツ, シュツ, そっ.する, お.える, お.わる, ついに, にわか

graduate, soldier, private, die

JLPT2 G4 S8 F772

The relevant seal inscription form combines an abbreviated form# of 率 (compact unit) + 衣 clothing → uniform worn by soldiers compacted into an orderly unit → *common soldier* → *servant*. *Termination*, *finally*, *die* and *suddenly* are borrowed meanings. A variant form, 卆, appears in the Shinjitai (new character form) styles of 砕, 粋 and 酔.

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