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芮

ruì

Character

What 芮 means

1. small

Other readings

芮 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Ruìsurname Rui

Words starting with 芮

• 芮氏Ruì shì(Taiwan) (seismology) Richter (scale)
• 芮城县Ruì chéng XiànRuicheng, a county in Yuncheng City 运城市
• 芮氏规模Ruì shì guī mó(Taiwan) (seismology) Richter scale
• 芮城Ruì chéngsee 芮城县

Words containing 芮

• 馥芮白fù ruì báiflat white

Characters built on 内

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

• 蚋ruì(mosquito); Simulia lugubris; blackfly
• 枘ruìtenon; tool handle; wedge

Characters that look like 芮

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

• 同tónglike; same; similar
• 男nán(bound form) male; baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位
• 周zhōuto make a circuit; to circle; circle
• 芹qínChinese celery
• 罔wǎngto deceive; there is none; old variant of 网
• 酉yǒu10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the…

Sounds the same

Read ruì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 锐acute
• 瑞lucky; auspicious; propitious
• 睿astute; perspicacious; farsighted
• 蚋(mosquito); Simulia lugubris; blackfly
• 枘tenon; tool handle; wedge
• 汭river-bend
• 壡variant of 睿