赘
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(bound form) superfluous; (bound form) (of a man) to move into the household of one's in-laws after marrying; (of the bride's parents) to have the groom join one's household
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 貝 +10
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 贅
- Common rank
- #2,422
- Unicode
- U+8D58
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Formation & memory
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Words with 赘
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 赘生 | excrescence; abnormal superfluous growth | |
| 赘物 | sth that is superfluous | |
| 赘语 | superfluous words; pleonasm | |
| 赘言 | superfluous words; unnecessary detail | |
| 入赘 | to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family | |
| 赘词 | superfluous words; unnecessary detail | |
| 骨赘 | (medicine) osteophyte; bone spur | |
| 赘肉 | excess flesh; unwanted fat; flab; bulge | |
| 赘余 | superfluous | |
| 招赘 | to have the groom move into the bride's house after marriage | |
| 冗赘词 | expletive (linguistics) | |
| 累赘 | superfluous; cumbersome; burdensome; a burden; an encumbrance; to burden; to inconvenience… | |
| 长赘疣 | to vegetate | |
| 赘述 | to say more than is necessary; to give unnecessary details | |
| 附赘悬疣 | superfluous or useless appendages; superfluities | |
| 赘瘤 | wart; (fig.) sth superfluous and undesirable | |
| 冗赘 | verbose | |
| 赘婿 | son-in-law living at wife's parent's house | |
| 疣赘 | wart; superfluous; useless | |
| 赘疣 | wart; (fig.) superfluous thing |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 贝 — compare how they read.