chuí
droop
Original meaning:
borderland
Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 𠂹 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "borderland", now written as 陲. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
chuí
let down; suspend, hand; down; to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach
Component uses
Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[d]o[j] | dzywe | chuí | hang down |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 8.5536% of movies
2191st most common character in movies
1592nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+5782 |
Shuowen | 《玉篇》：“，《說文》垂。” |
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