髓 (suǐ): (bound form) bone marrow, (fig.) innermost part, (botany) pith
髓 (suǐ) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) bone marrow.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 骨 (semantic). It ranks #2635 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 髓 bone. Its radical form 骨 (bone) appears in many related characters such as 骨 (gǔ, bone).
Definitions
- (bound form) bone marrow
- (fig.) innermost part
- (botany) pith
Etymology & Origin
pictophoneticbone
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 骨髓noun | gǔ suǐ | bone marrow |
| 精髓noun | jīng suǐ | marrow |
| 脊髓noun | jǐ suǐ | spinal cord |
| 脑髓noun | nǎo suǐ | brain tissue |
| 脊髓炎noun | jǐ suǐ yán | myelitis |
| 牙髓noun | yá suǐ | tooth pulp |
| 延髓noun | yán suǐ | (anatomy) medulla oblongata |
| 骨髓增生异常综合征noun | gǔ suǐ zēng shēng yì cháng zōng hé zhēng | myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) |
| 多发性骨髓瘤noun | duō fā xìng gǔ suǐ liú | (medicine) multiple myeloma |
| 髓过氧化物酶 | suǐ guò yǎng huà wù méi | myeloperoxidase (aka MPO) (molecular biology) |
| 真髓 | zhēn suǐ | essence |
| 红骨髓 | hóng gǔ suǐ | red bone marrow |
| 髓结 | suǐ jié | pith knot (in timber) |
| 神髓 | shén suǐ | lit. spirit and marrow |
| 黄骨髓 | huáng gǔ suǐ | yellow bone marrow |
髓 appears in 26 compound words: 15 as the first character, 58 as the last, and 27 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 髓 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
这个髓字在古汉语中有不同的含义。
zhè gě suǐ zì zài gǔ hàn yǔ zhōng yǒu bù tóng de hán yì .
The character "髓" had different meanings in ancient Chinese.
渐冻症是什么病是啥原因引起的?脑和脊髓运动细胞变性
jiān dòng zhèng shì shén má bìng shì 啥 yuán yīn yǐn qǐ de ? nǎo hé jǐ suǐ yùn dòng xì bāo biàn xìng
What is ALS, and what causes it? Degeneration of motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord
...6注射液获临床试验批准,用于治疗多发性骨髓瘤-FX168
. . . 6 zhù shè yè huò lín chuáng shì yàn pī zhǔn , yòng yú zhì liáo duō fā xìng gǔ suǐ liú F X 1 6 8
...6 Injection has received approval for clinical trials for the treatment of multiple myeloma—FX168
...不起是什么原因引起的呢?多发性硬化损伤脊髓传导通路吗
. . . bù qǐ shì shén má yuán yīn yǐn qǐ de ne ? duō fā xìng yìng huà sǔn shāng jǐ suǐ chuán dǎo tōng lù ma
... What causes the insignia? Does multiple sclerosis damage spinal cord conduction pathways?
...题一定要落落长?专家:老师没有掌握命题精髓
. . . tí yī dìng yāo luò luò cháng ? zhuān jiā : lǎo shī méi yǒu zhǎng wò mìng tí jīng suǐ
... The question must be long? Expert: The teacher has not grasped the essence of the proposition
...饮掀倒闭潮 早年越洋落户港厨 依仗粤菜神髓守业
. . . yǐn xiān dǎo bì cháo zǎo nián yuè yáng luò hù gǎng chú yī zhàng yuè cài shén suǐ shǒu yè
... In the early years, he crossed the ocean to settle in Hong Kong kitchens and relied on the essence of Cantonese cuisine to keep his business
太可惜了，你一点也不懂它的精髓。
Tài kěxī le, nǐ yīdiǎn yě bù dǒng tā de jīngsuǐ.
It's really unfortunate. You don't understand at all its essence.
个人自由是民主的精髓。
Gèrén zìyóu shì mínzhǔ de jīngsuǐ.
Individual freedom is the soul of democracy.
Character Family
骨 Radical Family — Characters sharing the bone radical
Related Characters
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