贅 - Dong Chinese dictionary

This information for this character has not been manually reviewed and may not be accurate.

zhuì

unnecessary

Phonosemantic compound. 敖 represents the meaning and 貝 represents the sound.

Components

敖 Meaning component

áo, aó

ramble, stroll, roam

貝 Sound component

bèi

sea shell

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

zhuì

unnecessary, superfluous; superfluous; redundant; cumbersome; refers to a son-in-law living with wife's family

Most common words with 贅

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	累赘	superfluous
	赘	superfluous
	赘述	to say more than is necessary
	赘言	superfluous words
	入赘	to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.3936% of movies

3292nd most common character in movies

3574th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Sources