Skip to content

睢

Tap the pinyin to hear it

to stare

Make a writing worksheet

Strokes
13
Radical
目 +8
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
睢
Common rank
#3,314
Unicode
U+7762

Sound it out + =

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

How 睢 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

目 meaning “eye” + 隹 sound ( zhuī )

Components 目 隹

Words with 睢

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

WordPinyinMeaning
睢阳区 Suī yáng Qū Suiyang, a district of Shangqiu City 商丘市[Shang1 qiu1 Shi4], Henan
睢宁县 Suī níng Xiàn Suining, a county in Xuzhou City 徐州市[Xu2 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangsu
睢县 Suī Xiàn Sui County or Suixian, a county in Shangqiu City 商丘市[Shang1 qiu1 Shi4], Henan
睢阳 Suī yáng see 睢陽區|睢阳区[Sui1 yang2 Qu1]
睢宁 Suī níng see 睢寧縣|睢宁县[Sui1 ning2 Xian4]
睢鸠 suī jiū plover (Charadrius morinellus); dotterell
暴戾恣睢 bào lì zì suī (idiom) cruel; ruthless; tyrannical
恣睢 zì suī (literary) reckless; unbridled; self-indulgent; conceited; overly pleased with oneself

Sound family

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

CharacterPinyinMeaning
隹 sound part zhuī short-tailed bird; sparrow
维 wéi to preserve, to maintain, to hold together
推 tuī to push; to expel; to drive; to decline
准 zhǔn standard, accurate; to permit, to approve, to allow
堆 duī crowd, heap, pile, mass; to pile up; measure word for things in piles or stacks
锥 zhuī gimlet, drill, awl; to drill, to bore
淮 huái a river in Anhui province
椎 zhuī spine, vertebra; hammer, mallet
稚 zhì young, immature; childhood
谁 shéi who? whom? whose? anyone?
濯 zhuó to cleanse, to rinse, to wash out
帷 wéi curtain, screen, tent
擢 zhuó to pull up, to raise; to select
槜 zuì white plum
骓 zhuī piebald horse
碓 duì pestle
萑 huán grass, hay, straw