絮
cotton wadding; fig. padding; long-winded
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,298 U+7D6E
How 絮 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
糸 (semantic, “silk”) + 如 (phonetic, rú)
How to remember it
long-winded · Heisig RSH #2422
如 be like + floss
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 如
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 如 (rú) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 如 sound component | rú | as, as if, like, such as, supposing |
| 茹 | rú | roots, vegetables |
| 恕 | shù | to excuse, to forgive, to show mercy |
| 洳 | rù | sdamp, boggy, marshy |
| 铷 | rú | rubidium |
Words containing 絮
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 金玉其外，败絮其中 | jīn yù qí wài , bài xù qí zhōng | gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom) |
| 金玉其表，败絮其中 | jīn yù qí biǎo , bài xù qí zhōng | gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom) |
| 兰因絮果 | lán yīn xù guǒ | starts well but ends in separation (of marital relations) |
| 幕后花絮 | mù hòu huā xù | (cinema, TV) behind-the-scenes footage; bonus features; making-of clips (e.g. bloopers, ou… |
| 絮状物 | xù zhuàng wù | floccule; a wisp of material precipitated from liquid |
| 花絮 | huā xù | (news) tidbits; interesting sidelights |
| 絮语 | xù yǔ | to chatter incessantly |
| 絮球 | xù qiú | ball of fluff (containing seeds), e.g. a dandelion clock |
| 絮说 | xù shuō | to chatter endlessly |
| 絮嘴 | xù zuǐ | to chatter endlessly |
| 絮片 | xù piàn | floccule; a wisp of material precipitated from liquid |
| 飞絮 | fēi xù | windblown seed fluff (from willows, poplars etc) |
| 麻絮 | má xù | hemp wadding |
| 柳絮 | liǔ xù | willow catkin |
| 败絮 | bài xù | ruined; broken down; shabby |
| 吐絮 | tǔ xù | cotton boll splits open and reveals its white interior |
| 棉絮 | mián xù | cotton wadding |
| 絮棉 | xù mián | cotton wadding |
| 絮烦 | xù fán | boring prattle |
| 絮絮 | xù xu | endless prattle; to chatter incessantly |