璀 (cuǐ): luster of gems
璀 (cuǐ) is a Chinese character meaning “luster of gems.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 王 (semantic) and 崔 (phonetic). It ranks #3080 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 璀 jade. Its radical form 王 (jade) appears in many related characters such as 现 (xiàn, to appear), 球 (qiú, ball used for playing games (variant of 球[qiu2])), 环 (huán, ring).
Definitions
- luster of gems
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 璀璨 | cuǐ càn | bright |
| 璀璨夺目 | cuǐ càn duó mù | dazzling (idiom) |
| 璀错 | cuǐ cuò | many and varied |
| 璀璀 | cuǐ cuǐ | bright and clear |
璀 appears in 4 compound words: 100 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 璀 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
璀字由15笔画组成，结构很巧妙。
cuǐ zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .
The character "璀" consists of 15 strokes and has a very ingenious structure.
从“满天星斗”到“江流朝宗”——“星汉璀璨 民博藏珍”中华民族文物展的策展思考
cóng mǎn tiān xīng dǒu dào jiāng liú cháo zōng — — xīng hàn cuǐ càn mín bó zàng zhēn zhōng huá mín zú wén wù zhǎn de cè zhǎn sī kǎo
From “A Sky Full of Stars” to “Rivers Flowing Toward the Sea”: Curatorial Reflections on the “Brilliant Milky Way, Treasures of the People’s Museum” Exhibition of Chinese Cultural Relics
冰雪之上 群星璀璨——米兰冬残奥会中国体育代表团载誉而归
bīng xuě zhī shàng qún xīng cuǐ càn — — mǐ lán dōng cán ào huì zhōng guó tǐ yù dài biǎo tuán zài yù ér guī
A Glittering Starry Sky Above the Snow and Ice—China’s Delegation Returns Home in Triumph from the Milan Winter Paralympics
Character Family
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