ruì
token made of jade, lucky, auspicious
Phonosemantic compound. 玉 represents the meaning and 耑 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 瑞
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
lucky | ||
Switzerland | ||
Sweden | ||
Venezuela | ||
Jerry or Gerry (name) |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[d]or-s | dzyweH | ruì | jade tablet |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 19.3337% of movies
749th most common character in movies
1332nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Unicode | U+745E |
Shuowen | “瑞，以玉為信也。从玉、耑。” |
Sources
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