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缀

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to sew; to stitch together; to combine; to link; to connect; to put words together; to compose; to embellish

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
11
Radical
糸 +8
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
綴
Common rank
#2,517
Unicode
U+7F00

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Formation & memory

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How 缀 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

To bind 叕 by thread 纟; 叕 also provides the pronunciation

Components 纟 叕

How to remember it

embellish · Heisig RSH #2973

thread + stitching

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 缀

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

WordPinyinMeaning
连缀动词 lián zhuì dòng cí linking verb
中缀 zhōng zhuì infix (grammar), particle attached within a word or expression
缀文 zhuì wén to compose an essay
缀合 zhuì hé to compose; to put together
点缀 diǎn zhuì to decorate; to adorn; sprinkled; studded; only for show
后缀 hòu zhuì suffix (linguistics)
缀字 zhuì zì to spell; to compose words
前缀 qián zhuì prefix (linguistics)
词缀 cí zhuì prefix or suffix of a compound word; affix (linguistics)
尾缀 wěi zhuì (lit.) to follow sb; (linguistics) suffix; ending; (computing) file name extension
连缀 lián zhuì to put together; linking; successive; a cluster
联缀 lián zhuì variant of 連綴|连缀[lian2 zhui4]
补缀 bǔ zhuì to mend (clothes); to patch
拼缀 pīn zhuì to join together
缀饰 zhuì shì to decorate; decoration
收残缀轶 shōu cán zhuì yì to gather and patch up sth that is badly damaged (idiom)
缝缀 féng zhuì to patch together; to mend