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燧

suì

Character

What 燧 means

1. bound formmaterial or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's rays
2. bound formbeacon fire (alarm signal in border regions), esp. one lit during daytime to produce smoke

Words starting with 燧

• 燧人Suì rénSuiren, legendary inventor of fire
• 燧石suì shíflint
• 燧人氏Suì rén shìSuirenshi, legendary inventor of fire
• 燧发枪suì fā qiāngflintlock

Words containing 燧

• 烽燧fēng suìfire beacon tower…

Characters that look like 燧

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 趟tàngclassifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip
• 瞒mánto conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark
• 辘lùused in 辘辘; used in 轱辘; used in 辘轳
• 糠kānghusk; (of a radish etc) spongy (and therefore unappetising)
• 螈yuánsalamander; newt
• 鲭qīngmackerel

Sounds the same

Read suì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 岁classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
• 碎(transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken…
• 隧tunnel; underground passage
• 遂to satisfy; to succeed; then
• 穗ear of grain; tassel; fringe
• 祟evil spirit
• 邃deep; distant; mysterious
• 谇abuse
• 繐fine and loose cloth; tassel
• 襚grave-clothes
• 睟bright eye; clear
• 璲pendant girdle-ornaments

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read suì correctly.
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