翠
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bluish-green; green jade
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How 翠 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
羽 (semantic, “wings”) + 卒 (phonetic, zú)
How to remember it
emerald green · Heisig RSH #2472
羽 feathers + foot soldiers
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 卒
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 卒 (zú) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卒 sound component | zú | soldier; servant; at last, finally |
| 碎 | suì | to break, to smash; broken, busted |
| 醉 | zuì | intoxicated, drunk; addicted |
| 粹 | cuì | pure, unadulterated; essence |
| 猝 | cù | sudden, abrupt |
| 萃 | cuì | grassy; thick, dense, close; to gather, to assemble |
| 瘁 | cuì | tired, worn-out; sick; overworked |
| 悴 | cuì | to suffer; haggard, emaciated |
| 淬 | cuì | to soak, to dye; to temper, to change |
| 晬 | zuì | a child's first birthday |
| 崒 | zú | rocky peaks; lofty; dangerous |
| 窣 | sū | to emerge from a hole; rustling, whispering |
| 綷 | cuì | five-color silk |
| 啐 | cuì | to taste, to sip; to spit; the sound of sipping |
| 谇 | suì | to slander, to defame; to berate |
Words containing 翠
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 斑头大翠鸟 | bān tóu dà cuì niǎo | (bird species of China) Blyth's kingfisher (Alcedo hercules) |
| 普通翠鸟 | pǔ tōng cuì niǎo | (bird species of China) common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) |
| 派翠西亚 | Pài cuì xī yà | Patricia |
| 卡斯翠 | Kǎ sī cuì | Castries, capital of Saint Lucia (Tw) |
| 环翠区 | Huán cuì Qū | Huancui, a district of Weihai City 威海市[Wei1 hai3 Shi4], Shandong |
| 蓝耳翠鸟 | lán ěr cuì niǎo | (bird species of China) blue-eared kingfisher (Alcedo meninting) |
| 乌翠区 | Wū cuì Qū | Wucui, a district of Yichun City 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 翠屏区 | Cuì píng Qū | Cuiping, a district of Yibin City 宜賓市|宜宾市[Yi2 bin1 Shi4], Sichuan |
| 翠青蛇 | cuì qīng shé | Entechinus major (kind of snake) |
| 翠冠玉 | cuì guān yù | peyote (Lophophora williamsii) |
| 青翠 | qīng cuì | fresh and green; verdant |
| 翠鸟 | cuì niǎo | kingfisher |
| 三趾翠鸟 | sān zhǐ cuì niǎo | (bird species of China) black-backed dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca) |
| 环翠 | Huán cuì | see 環翠區|环翠区[Huan2 cui4 Qu1] |
| 乌翠 | Wū cuì | see 烏翠區|乌翠区[Wu1 cui4 Qu1] |
| 翠绿 | cuì lǜ | greenish-blue; emerald green |
| 翠金鹃 | cuì jīn juān | (bird species of China) Asian emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx maculatus) |
| 珍珠翡翠白玉汤 | zhēn zhū fěi cuì bái yù tāng | cabbage, rice and tofu soup |
| 苍松翠柏 | cāng sōng cuì bǎi | evergreen pine and cypress (idiom); steadfast nobility |
| 白胸翡翠 | bái xiōng fěi cuì | (bird species of China) white-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) |