垂
to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,297 U+5782
How 垂 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
A tree with drooping branches
How to remember it
droop · Heisig RSH #1241
porter + silage
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 垂 as their sound component
These characters all use 垂 (chuí) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 垂 sound component | chuí | to hang, to dangle; to hand down, to bequeath; almost, near |
| 睡 | shuì | to sleep, to doze |
| 锤 | chuí | hammer |
| 唾 | tuò | to spit; to spit on; saliva |
| 捶 | chuí | to beat, to lash, to strike with a cane |
| 棰 | chuí | to whip, to flog |
| 埵 | duǒ | hardened dirt or clay; cluster |
| 陲 | chuí | frontier, border |
Words containing 垂
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 马斯垂克 | Mǎ sī chuí kè | Maastricht (Netherlands) |
| 垂直起落飞机 | chuí zhí qǐ luò fēi jī | vertical takeoff and landing aircraft |
| 脑下垂体 | nǎo xià chuí tǐ | pituitary glands (at the base of the skull) |
| 家累千金，坐不垂堂 | jiā lěi qiān jīn , zuò bù chuí táng | lit. a wealthy person does not sit under the eaves (idiom); fig. a rich man does not expos… |
| 垂直和短距起落飞机 | chuí zhí hé duǎn jù qǐ luò fēi jī | vertical or short takeoff and landing aircraft |
| 名垂青史 | míng chuí qīng shǐ | lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn eternal glory |
| 母子垂直感染 | mǔ zǐ chuí zhí gǎn rǎn | mother-to-infant transmission |
| 脑垂体 | nǎo chuí tǐ | pituitary gland |
| 垂直线 | chuí zhí xiàn | vertical line |
| 垂头丧气 | chuí tóu sàng qì | hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected; crestfallen |
| 坐不垂堂 | zuò bù chuí táng | lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom); fig. keep out… |
| 肉垂麦鸡 | ròu chuí mài jī | (bird species of China) red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus) |
| 垂体 | chuí tǐ | pituitary gland |
| 考文垂 | Kǎo wén chuí | Coventry, city in the West Midlands, England |
| 下垂 | xià chuí | to droop; to sag; to hang down; sagging; drooping; prolapse (medicine) |
| 垂下 | chuí xià | to hang down |
| 功败垂成 | gōng bài chuí chéng | to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure; to fall at the last hurdle; … |
| 垂老 | chuí lǎo | approaching old age |
| 垂线 | chuí xiàn | (math.) perpendicular line; vertical line |
| 垂死 | chuí sǐ | dying |