睿 (ruì): astute, perspicacious, farsighted

睿 (ruì) is a Chinese character meaning “astute.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of ⺊ (structural), 冖 (structural), 一 (structural), 八 (structural), 人 (structural) and 目 (structural). It ranks #3201 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. astute
  2. perspicacious
  3. farsighted

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
睿智adjectiveruì zhìwise and farsighted
唐睿宗táng ruì zōngEmperor Ruizong of Tang, reign name of sixth Tang emperor Li Dan 李旦 (662-716), reigned 684-690 and 710-712
2
Total compounds
50
As first character
0
As last character
50
As middle character

睿 appears in 2 compound words: 50 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 50 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Example Sentences

中国新闻网·体育Sep 2026

庞巴迪睿行者车队夺得UTV量产组俱乐部杯第一名。

páng bā dí ruì xíng zhě chē duì duó dé U T V liàng chǎn zǔ jù lè bù bēi dì yī míng .

The Bombardier Explorer Team took first place in the UTV Production Class Club Cup.

中国新闻网·体育Sep 2026

另一名中国选手宋伯睿获得第四名。

lìng yī míng zhōng guó xuǎn shǒu sòng bó ruì huò dé dì sì míng .

Another Chinese athlete, Song Borui, finished in fourth place.

爱范儿Sep 2026

雷军同日还到访 B 站上海总部,与 B 站董事长陈睿交流。

léi jūn tóng rì hái dào fǎng B zhàn shàng hǎi zǒng bù , yǔ B zhàn dǒng shì cháng chén ruì jiāo liú .

On the same day, Lei Jun also visited Bilibili’s Shanghai headquarters, where he met with Chen Rui, Bilibili’s chairman.

中国新闻网·文化Aug 2026

作家东西、孙睿、蔡骏分享各自对跨界的感悟。

zuò jiā dōng xī , sūn ruì , cài jùn fēn xiǎng gè zì duì kuà jiè de gǎn wù .

Authors Dongxi, Sun Rui, and Cai Jun shared their insights on cross-disciplinary collaboration.

中国新闻网·体育Jun 2026

青年组男子个人计时赛全程25公里,上海队徐睿逸获得冠军。

qīng nián zǔ nán zǐ gè rén jì shí sài quán chéng 2 5 gōng lǐ , shàng hǎi duì xú ruì yì huò dé guàn jūn .

In the men's individual time trial for the youth division, which covered a total distance of 25 kilometers, Xu Ruiyi of the Shanghai team took first place.

Character Family

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 睿 (ruì) mean in Chinese?
睿 (ruì) primarily means "astute." It is not part of the HSK 3.0 syllabus. It ranks #3201 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 睿 have?
睿 is written with 14 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 睿?
The radical associated with 睿 is 目 (eye). This radical appears in many characters related to eye.
What are the components of 睿?
睿 is composed of: ⺊ (structural), 冖 (structural), 一 (structural), 八 (structural), 人 (structural), 目 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿱⿳⺊冖一⿳八人目 with a top-bottom layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 睿?
Common words with 睿 include: 睿智 (ruì zhì, "wise and farsighted"); 唐睿宗 (táng ruì zōng, "Emperor Ruizong of Tang, reign name of sixth Tang emperor Li Dan 李旦 (662-716), reigned 684-690 and 710-712"). There are over 2 compound words containing this character.
Is 睿 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
No. The simplified form is 睿 and the traditional form is 叡.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.