缀
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to sew; to stitch together; to combine; to link; to connect; to put words together; to compose; to embellish
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- 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
Break the character into parts you already know.
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
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 连缀动词 | linking verb | |
| 中缀 | infix (grammar), particle attached within a word or expression | |
| 缀文 | to compose an essay | |
| 缀合 | to compose; to put together | |
| 点缀 | to decorate; to adorn; sprinkled; studded; only for show | |
| 后缀 | suffix (linguistics) | |
| 缀字 | to spell; to compose words | |
| 前缀 | prefix (linguistics) | |
| 词缀 | prefix or suffix of a compound word; affix (linguistics) | |
| 尾缀 | (lit.) to follow sb; (linguistics) suffix; ending; (computing) file name extension | |
| 连缀 | to put together; linking; successive; a cluster | |
| 联缀 | variant of 連綴|连缀[lian2 zhui4] | |
| 补缀 | to mend (clothes); to patch | |
| 拼缀 | to join together | |
| 缀饰 | to decorate; decoration | |
| 收残缀轶 | to gather and patch up sth that is badly damaged (idiom) | |
| 缝缀 | to patch together; to mend |