缀 (zhuì): to sew, to stitch together, to combine, to link, to connect, to put words together
缀 (zhuì) is a Chinese character meaning “to sew.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 纟 (structural) and 叕 (structural). It ranks #2747 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 缀 to bind 叕 by thread 纟; 叕 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 纟 (silk) appears in many related characters such as 系 (xì, to connect), 累 (lěi, to accumulate), 绍 (shào, to continue).
Definitions
- to sew
- to stitch together
- to combine
- to link
- to connect
- to put words together
Etymology & Origin
ideographicTo bind 叕 by thread 纟; 叕 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿰纟叕 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 点缀 | diǎn zhuì | to decorate |
| 后缀 | hòu zhuì | suffix (linguistics) |
| 前缀 | qián zhuì | prefix (linguistics) |
| 词缀 | cí zhuì | prefix or suffix of a compound word |
| 连缀动词 | lián zhuì dòng cí | linking verb |
| 中缀 | zhōng zhuì | infix (grammar), particle attached within a word or expression |
| 缀合 | zhuì hé | to compose |
| 收残缀轶 | shōu cán zhuì yì | to gather and patch up sth that is badly damaged (idiom) |
| 缀文 | zhuì wén | to compose an essay |
| 缀字 | zhuì zì | to spell |
| 联缀 | lián zhuì | variant of 連綴|连缀[lian2 zhui4] |
| 连缀 | lián zhuì | to put together |
| 补缀 | bǔ zhuì | to mend (clothes) |
| 尾缀 | wěi zhuì | (lit.) to follow sb |
| 缀饰 | zhuì shì | to decorate |
缀 appears in 17 compound words: 24 as the first character, 65 as the last, and 12 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 缀 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
了解缀字的来源，有助于理解中国文化。
le xiè chuò zì de lái yuán , yǒu zhù yú lǐ xiè zhōng guó wén huā .
Understanding the origins of character compounds helps to comprehend Chinese culture.
意大利的国际号码前缀是三十九(+39)。
Yìdàlì de guójì hàomǎ qiánzhuì shì sānshí jiǔ (+39).
The country code for Italy is +39.
黏着语有许多后缀。
Niánzhuóyǔ yǒu xǔduō hòuzhuì.
Agglutinative languages have a lot of suffixes.
Character Family
Frequently Asked Questions
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