邃 (suì): deep

邃 (suì) is a Chinese character meaning “deep.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 辶 (structural). It ranks #3127 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 邃 cave. Its radical form 辶 (walk) appears in many related characters such as 过 (guò, to pass, past), 这 (zhè, this), 送 (sòng, to send, to give).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 辶 walk17 strokesFrequency #3127辶 structural

Definitions

  1. deep

Etymology & Origin

邃

pictophoneticcave

Decomposition: ⿺辶⿱穴㒸 (layout: surround-from-lower-left)

Components:辶structural

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
深邃shēn suìdeep (valley or night)
明邃míng suìglistening and piercing
邃密suì mìdeep
邃古suì gǔremote antiquity
邃户suì hùforbidding entrance to a large, quiet house
沉邃chén suìdeep and profound
邃宇suì yǔlarge house that is dark and labyrinthine
幽邃yōu suìprofound and unfathomable
窕邃tiǎo suìabstruse
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Total compounds
44
As first character
56
As last character
0
As middle character

邃 appears in 9 compound words: 44 as the first character, 56 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 邃 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

深shēn
0.5233,264 co-occurrences
幽yōu
0.479462 co-occurrences
窟kū
0.414120 co-occurrences
狭xiá
0.38054 co-occurrences
玄xuán
0.369138 co-occurrences
廓kuò
0.36842 co-occurrences
峡xiá
0.36666 co-occurrences
谷gǔ
0.361306 co-occurrences
尤yóu
0.358210 co-occurrences
睛jīng
0.34754 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

我在字典里查到了邃字的详细解释。

wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le suì zì de xiáng xì jiě shì .

I looked up the detailed definition of the character "邃" in the dictionary.

Character Family

辶 Radical Family — Characters sharing the walk radical

窗chuāng窘jiǒng究jiū空kōng窟kū窥kuī窿lóng窍qiào窃qiè窝wō

Related Characters

过guò这zhè送sòng还hái远yuǎn近jìn进jìn运yùn连lián迎yíng

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 邃 (suì) mean in Chinese?
邃 (suì) primarily means "deep." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #3127 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 邃 and 浅?
邃 (suì) and 浅 (qiǎn) are often confused. antonym. The key distinguishing feature: 邃 (deep) vs 浅 (shallow).
How many strokes does 邃 have?
邃 is written with 17 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 邃?
The radical associated with 邃 is 辶 (walk). This radical appears in many characters related to walk.
What are the components of 邃?
邃 is composed of: 辶 (structural), undefined (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿺辶⿱穴㒸 with a surround-from-lower-left layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 邃?
Common words with 邃 include: 深邃 (shēn suì, "deep (valley or night)"); 明邃 (míng suì, "glistening and piercing"); 邃密 (suì mì, "deep"); 邃古 (suì gǔ, "remote antiquity"); 邃户 (suì hù, "forbidding entrance to a large, quiet house"). There are over 9 compound words containing this character.
Is 邃 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 邃 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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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.