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瘁

cuì

Character

What 瘁 means

1. care-worn
2. distressed
3. tired
4. overworked
5. sick
6. weary

Words containing 瘁

• 心力交瘁xīn lì jiāo cuìto be both mentally and physically exhausted (idiom)
• 鞠躬尽瘁jū gōng jìn cuìto bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost
• 神劳形瘁shén láo xíng cuìto be completely drained both emotionally and physically (idiom)
• 身心交瘁shēn xīn jiāo cuìworn out in body and soul (idiom)
• 鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已jū gōng jìn cuì , sǐ ér hòu yǐto bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom)…

Characters built on 卒

These share the phonetic component 卒 (zú), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 碎suì(transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken…
• 醉zuìintoxicated
• 粹cuìpure; unmixed; essence
• 翠cuìbluish-green; green jade
• 萃cuìcollect; collection; dense
• 淬cuìdip into water; to temper
• 悴cuìhaggard; sad; downcast
• 啐cuìto spit; (onomatopoeia) pshaw!; (old) to sip

Characters that look like 瘁

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

• 摔shuāito throw down; to fall; to drop and break
• 脾píspleen
• 膊bóshoulder; upper arm
• 痹bìparalysis; numbness
• 舜ShùnShun (c. 23rd century BC), mythical sage and leader
• 溥pǔextensive; pervading

Sounds the same

Read cuì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 脆brittle; fragile; crisp
• 粹pure; unmixed; essence
• 翠bluish-green; green jade
• 萃collect; collection; dense
• 啐to spit; (onomatopoeia) pshaw!; (old) to sip
• 淬dip into water; to temper
• 悴haggard; sad; downcast
• 綷five-color silk; see 綷縩
• 焠to temper (as steel)
• 倅auxiliary; spare; deputy
• 崒(literary) to come together; to bunch up; to concentrate
• 毳crisp; brittle; fine animal hair