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髓

suǐ

Character

What 髓 means

1. bound formbone marrow; (fig.) innermost part
2. (botany) pith

Example sentences

• 个人自由是民主的精髓。
  Gèrén zìyóu shì mínzhǔ de jīngsuǐ.
  Individual freedom is the soul of democracy.
• 太可惜了，你一点也不懂它的精髓。
  Tài kěxī le, nǐ yīdiǎn yě bù dǒng tā de jīngsuǐ.
  It's really unfortunate. You don't understand at all its essence.
• 喏，这是我的秘密。很简单。只有用心才能看到本质的东西。精髓是眼睛看不见的。
  Nuò, zhè shì wǒ de mìmì. hěn jiǎndān. zhǐ yǒuyòng xīn cáinéng kàn dào běnzhì de dōngxi. jīngsuǐ shì yǎnjing kànbujiàn de.
  And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

Words starting with 髓

• 髓结suǐ jiépith knot (in timber)
• 髓脑suǐ nǎobrains; gray matter
• 髓过氧化物酶suǐ guò yǎng huà wù méimyeloperoxidase (aka MPO) (molecular biology)
• 髓鞘suǐ qiàomyelin sheath (membrane surrounding axon of nerve cell)

Words containing 髓

• 精髓jīng suǐmarrow; pith; quintessence; essence
• 骨髓gǔ suǐbone marrow
• 脊髓jǐ suǐspinal cord; medulla spinalis
• 延髓yán suǐ(anatomy) medulla oblongata
• 牙髓yá suǐtooth pulp
• 玉髓yù suǐ(mineralogy) chalcedony; exquisite wine
• 真髓zhēn suǐessence
• 神髓shén suǐlit. spirit and marrow; the essential character
• 脑髓nǎo suǐbrain tissue; gray matter; brain
• 红玉髓hóng yù suǐ(mineralogy) carnelian
• 红骨髓hóng gǔ suǐred bone marrow; hematopoietic marrow
• 绿玉髓lǜ yù suǐ(mineralogy) chrysoprase
• 脊髓炎jǐ suǐ yánmyelitis; inflammation of spinal cord
• 骨髓腔gǔ suǐ qiāng(anatomy) medullary cavity; marrow cavity of a bone
• 黄骨髓huáng gǔ suǐyellow bone marrow
• 骨髓移植gǔ suǐ yí zhí(medicine) bone marrow transplant
• 脊髓灰质炎jǐ suǐ huī zhì yánpoliomyelitis
• 肾上腺髓质shèn shàng xiàn suǐ zhìadrenal medulla
• 多发性骨髓瘤duō fā xìng gǔ suǐ liú(medicine) multiple myeloma
• 戳心灌髓chuō xīn guàn suǐ(idiom) to strike at one's core; to deeply hurt sb
• 沦肌浃髓lún jī jiā suǐlit. penetrate to the marrow (idiom); deeply affected; moved to the core
• 骨髓增生异常综合征gǔ suǐ zēng shēng yì cháng zōng hé zhēngmyelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)

Characters that look like 髓

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

• 蘸zhànto dip in (ink, sauce etc)
• 醺xūnhelplessly intoxicated
• 糯nuò(bound form) glutinous rice; (bound form) (of cereal grain) glutinous
• 髑dúused in 髑髅
• 懿yì(literary) exemplary; virtuous

Sounds the same

Read suǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 瀡slippery
• 髄variant of 髓
• 䯝variant of 髓