猝
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abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 犬 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 猝
- Common rank
- #3,249
- Unicode
- U+731D
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 猝
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 婴儿猝死综合症 | sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS); crib death | |
| 猝不及防 | to be caught off guard; without warning | |
| 猝睡症 | narcolepsy | |
| 猝发 | to occur unexpectedly | |
| 猝死 | to die suddenly | |
| 猝然 | suddenly; abruptly | |
| 仓猝 | variant of 倉促|仓促[cang1 cu4] | |
| 猝逝 | to die suddenly | |
| 匆猝 | hurried; hasty; abrupt |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 卒 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卒 sound part | soldier; servant; at last, finally | |
| 碎 | to break, to smash; broken, busted | |
| 醉 | intoxicated, drunk; addicted | |
| 翠 | kingfisher; jade, emerald | |
| 粹 | pure, unadulterated; essence | |
| 萃 | grassy; thick, dense, close; to gather, to assemble | |
| 瘁 | tired, worn-out; sick; overworked | |
| 悴 | to suffer; haggard, emaciated | |
| 淬 | to soak, to dye; to temper, to change | |
| 晬 | a child's first birthday | |
| 崒 | rocky peaks; lofty; dangerous | |
| 窣 | to emerge from a hole; rustling, whispering | |
| 綷 | five-color silk | |
| 啐 | to taste, to sip; to spit; the sound of sipping | |
| 谇 | to slander, to defame; to berate |