瑞
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lucky; auspicious; propitious; rayl (acoustical unit)
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How 瑞 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
王 (semantic, “jade”) + 耑 (phonetic)
How to remember it
auspicious · Heisig RSH #965
ball + prospector
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 耑
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 耑 (—) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 耑 sound component | — | specialized; concentrated |
| 端 | duān | end, extreme; head; beginning |
| 喘 | chuǎn | to pant, to gasp, to breathe heavily |
| 揣 | chuāi | to stow in one's clothes; to estimate, to guess, to figure |
| 湍 | tuān | current, rapids |
| 颛 | zhuān | good, honest, simple; respectful |
| 惴 | zhuì | nervous, apprehensive |
| 踹 | chuài | to trample, to tread on; to kick; to crush |
| 遄 | chuán | to hurry; to go to and fro |
Words containing 瑞
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 委内瑞拉马脑炎病毒 | Wěi nèi ruì lā mǎ nǎo yán bìng dú | Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) virus |
| 瑞金市 | Ruì jīn Shì | Ruijin, a county-level city in Ganzhou City 贛州市|赣州市[Gan4 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangxi |
| 瑞安市 | Ruì ān Shì | Rui'an, a county-level city in Wenzhou City 溫州市|温州市[Wen1 zhou1 Shi4], Zhejiang |
| 新不伦瑞克 | Xīn bù lún ruì kè | New Brunswick province, Canada |
| 阿瑞斯 | Ā ruì sī | Ares, Greek god of war; Mars |
| 瑞士人 | Ruì shì rén | Swiss (person) |
| 伊利格瑞 | Yī lì gé ruì | Luce Irigaray (1930-), French psychoanalyst and feminist |
| 瑞士军刀 | Ruì shì jūn dāo | Swiss Army knife |
| 委内瑞拉 | Wěi nèi ruì lā | Venezuela |
| 格瑞那达 | Gé ruì nà dá | Grenada, island country in the Caribbean Sea (Tw) |
| 查克瑞 | chá kè ruì | (loanword) chakra |
| 人瑞 | rén ruì | very old person; venerable old person |
| 山瑞 | shān ruì | wattle-necked soft-shelled turtle (Palea steindachneri) |
| 瑞尔 | ruì ěr | riel (Cambodian currency) |
| 海瑞 | Hǎi Ruì | Hai Rui (1514-1587), Ming politician, famous for honesty and integrity |
| 圣文森及格瑞那丁 | Shèng wén sēn jí Gé ruì nà dīng | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Tw) |
| 瑞金 | Ruì jīn | see 瑞金市[Rui4 jin1 Shi4] |
| 瑞安 | Ruì ān | see 瑞安市[Rui4 an1 Shi4] |
| 瑞气 | ruì qì | propitious vapours |
| 瑞亚 | Ruì yà | Rhea (Titaness of Greek mythology) |