瑞

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lucky; auspicious; propitious; rayl (acoustical unit)

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

王 meaning “jade” + 耑 sound

Components 王耑

auspicious · Heisig RSH #965

ball + prospector

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

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)

Characters sharing the sound component 耑 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
耑 sound part	—	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