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缛

rù

Character Traditional 縟

What 缛 means

1. adorned
2. beautiful

Words containing 缛

• 繁缛fán rùmany and elaborate
• 繁文缛节fán wén rù jiéconvoluted and overelaborate (document); unnecessarily elaborate writing; mumbo-jumbo

Characters built on 辱

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

• 褥rùmattress
• 蓐rùmat; rushes
• 溽rùdamp; muggy

Characters that look like 缛

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

• 缔dì(archaic) to bind up inextricably; (bound form) to form an enduring union…
• 雅yǎelegant
• 稀xīsparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery
• 膊bóshoulder; upper arm
• 缚fùto bind; to tie; Taiwan pr. fú
• 缨yīngtassel; sth shaped like a tassel (e.g. a leaf etc); ribbon

Sounds the same

Read rù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 入to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入时
• 褥mattress
• 蓐mat; rushes
• 溽damp; muggy
• 洳damp; boggy; marshy
• 嗕ancient tribe of northern China
• 鄏place name