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粹

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pure; unmixed; essence

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
14
Radical
米 +8
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
粹
Common rank
#3,072
Unicode
U+7CB9

Sound it out + =

Formation & memory

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How 粹 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

米 meaning “grain” + 卒 sound ( zú )

Components 米 卒

How to remember it

unmixed · Heisig RSH #2473

米 rice + foot soldiers

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 粹

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

WordPinyinMeaning
民粹主义 mín cuì zhǔ yì populism
纳粹分子 Nà cuì fèn zǐ Nazi
纳粹德国 Nà cuì Dé guó Nazi Germany (1933-1945)
纳粹主义 Nà cuì zhǔ yì Nazism
纯粹数学 chún cuì shù xué pure mathematics
民粹派 Mín cuì pài the Narodniks, Russian populist group in the 19th century
纳粹党 Nà cuì dǎng Nazi Party; Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP) (1919-1945)
国粹 guó cuì national essence; quintessence of national culture
精粹 jīng cuì succinct; pure and concise
纳粹 Nà cuì Nazi (loanword)
纯粹 chún cuì pure; unadulterated; purely; completely

Sound family

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

CharacterPinyinMeaning
卒 sound part zú soldier; servant; at last, finally
碎 suì to break, to smash; broken, busted
醉 zuì intoxicated, drunk; addicted
翠 cuì kingfisher; jade, emerald
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