Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

翠: green, kingfisher

JLPT N114 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

羽 carries the meaning · 卒 is drawn in

14 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

スイsui · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 翠玉すいぎょくemerald
  • 翠嵐すいらんthe sense of being engulfed in a green…
  • 翠松すいしょうverdant pine; green pine

Also read かわせみ, みどり, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Spread your wings and fly! This radical represents the lightness of birds, the incredible speed of flight, and the delicate beauty of a single feather.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · cuì

Same form: 翠 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
翠 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
翠 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin cuì most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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