翠

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bluish-green; green jade

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

羽 meaning “wings” + 卒 sound ( zú )

Components 羽卒

emerald green · Heisig RSH #2472

羽 feathers + foot soldiers

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
斑头大翠鸟	bān tóu dà cuì niǎo	(bird species of China) Blyth's kingfisher (Alcedo hercules)
普通翠鸟	pǔ tōng cuì niǎo	(bird species of China) common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
派翠西亚	Pài cuì xī yà	Patricia
卡斯翠	Kǎ sī cuì	Castries, capital of Saint Lucia (Tw)
环翠区	Huán cuì Qū	Huancui, a district of Weihai City 威海市[Wei1 hai3 Shi4], Shandong
蓝耳翠鸟	lán ěr cuì niǎo	(bird species of China) blue-eared kingfisher (Alcedo meninting)
乌翠区	Wū cuì Qū	Wucui, a district of Yichun City 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 Shi4], Heilongjiang
翠屏区	Cuì píng Qū	Cuiping, a district of Yibin City 宜賓市\|宜宾市[Yi2 bin1 Shi4], Sichuan
翠青蛇	cuì qīng shé	Entechinus major (kind of snake)
翠冠玉	cuì guān yù	peyote (Lophophora williamsii)
青翠	qīng cuì	fresh and green; verdant
翠鸟	cuì niǎo	kingfisher
三趾翠鸟	sān zhǐ cuì niǎo	(bird species of China) black-backed dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca)
环翠	Huán cuì	see 環翠區\|环翠区[Huan2 cui4 Qu1]
乌翠	Wū cuì	see 烏翠區\|乌翠区[Wu1 cui4 Qu1]
翠绿	cuì lǜ	greenish-blue; emerald green
翠金鹃	cuì jīn juān	(bird species of China) Asian emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx maculatus)
珍珠翡翠白玉汤	zhēn zhū fěi cuì bái yù tāng	cabbage, rice and tofu soup
苍松翠柏	cāng sōng cuì bǎi	evergreen pine and cypress (idiom); steadfast nobility
白胸翡翠	bái xiōng fěi cuì	(bird species of China) white-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
卒 sound part	zú	soldier; servant; at last, finally
碎	suì	to break, to smash; broken, busted
醉	zuì	intoxicated, drunk; addicted
粹	cuì	pure, unadulterated; essence
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