You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Walk (chuò) Character: Sui Kangxi stroke count: 16 Page 1260, Entry 24 Collected Rimes (Jiyun) states that Sui is the ancient form of the character meaning to follow. Correct Character Essentials (Zhengzitong) notes it is a vulgar form of the character Sui. The ancient form is written as shown. Emperor Yang of Sui disliked the frequent changes of the previous dynasty, so he removed the element to create the character Sui. The Collected Rimes (Jiyun) claiming that Sui is the ancient form of the character for following is a subjective theory and should not be followed.