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陲

chuí

Character

What 陲 means

1. frontier

Words containing 陲

• 边陲biān chuíborder area; frontier

Characters built on 垂

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

• 睡shuìto sleep; to lie down
• 锤chuíhammer; to hammer into shape; weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)
• 捶chuíto beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound
• 棰chuíto flog; whip

Characters that look like 陲

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

• 险xiǎndanger; dangerous; rugged
• 隆lónggrand; intense; prosperous
• 陪péito accompany; to keep sb company; to assist
• 陵língmound; tomb; hill
• 陛bìthe steps to the throne
• 晦huì(bound form) last day of a lunar month; (bound form) dark; gloomy; (literary) night

Sounds the same

Read chuí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 垂to hang (down); droop; dangle
• 锤hammer; to hammer into shape; weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)
• 捶to beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound
• 椎hammer; mallet (variant of 槌; variant of 捶
• 槌mallet; pestle; beetle (for wedging or ramming)
• 棰to flog; whip
• 圌name of a mountain
• 腄callus on the hand or foot; upper leg bone of horse or bird; buttocks
• 埀old variant of 垂