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燧
suì
1. fire
2. speculum
3. to obtain fire by drilling wood, striking flint, sun's rays etc
Very Common • Top 5% ✏️ 17 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

燧
suì
torch; flintstone; beacon, signal fire
16 丶

Compound Words (5)

烽燧
fēngsuì
fire beacon towers (historical sites on the Great Wall and in Xinjiang)
燧人
Suìrén
Suiren, legendary inventor of fire
燧石
suìshí
flint
古烽燧
gǔfēngsuì
ancient fire beacon towers (archaeological sites in Xinjiang)
燧人氏
Suìrénshì
Suirenshi, legendary inventor of fire

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
4,807
Word Frequency Rank
4,051 of 84,292