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cotton wadding; fig. padding; long-winded

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

糸 meaning “silk” + 如 sound ( rú )

Components 如糸

long-winded · Heisig RSH #2422

如 be like + floss

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
金玉其外，败絮其中	jīn yù qí wài , bài xù qí zhōng	gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)
金玉其表，败絮其中	jīn yù qí biǎo , bài xù qí zhōng	gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)
兰因絮果	lán yīn xù guǒ	starts well but ends in separation (of marital relations)
幕后花絮	mù hòu huā xù	(cinema, TV) behind-the-scenes footage; bonus features; making-of clips (e.g. bloopers, ou…
絮状物	xù zhuàng wù	floccule; a wisp of material precipitated from liquid
花絮	huā xù	(news) tidbits; interesting sidelights
絮语	xù yǔ	to chatter incessantly
絮球	xù qiú	ball of fluff (containing seeds), e.g. a dandelion clock
絮说	xù shuō	to chatter endlessly
絮嘴	xù zuǐ	to chatter endlessly
絮片	xù piàn	floccule; a wisp of material precipitated from liquid
飞絮	fēi xù	windblown seed fluff (from willows, poplars etc)
麻絮	má xù	hemp wadding
柳絮	liǔ xù	willow catkin
败絮	bài xù	ruined; broken down; shabby
吐絮	tǔ xù	cotton boll splits open and reveals its white interior
棉絮	mián xù	cotton wadding
絮棉	xù mián	cotton wadding
絮烦	xù fán	boring prattle
絮絮	xù xu	endless prattle; to chatter incessantly

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
如 sound part	rú	as, as if, like, such as, supposing
茹	rú	roots, vegetables
恕	shù	to excuse, to forgive, to show mercy
洳	rù	sdamp, boggy, marshy
铷	rú	rubidium