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悴

cuì
adjective #98,590

Meanings

  1. 1 haggard
  2. 2 wan
  3. 3 careworn

Examples

长期生病后，她的脸色十分憔悴。
Chángqī shēngbìng hòu, tā de liǎnsè shífēn qiáocuì.
After the long illness her face looked haggard.
他因为操心而形容枯悴。
Tā yīnwèi cāoxīn ér xíngróng kū cuì.
He has grown thin and haggard from worry.

Tips

usage
悴 almost never stands alone in modern Chinese. You will meet it inside 憔悴 (haggard, worn out), where it carries the 'wasted, drained' feeling.

Components

radical
忄 xīn
heart; mind
The heart radical 心 in its left-side form. It marks 悴 as an emotion word: the haggard look comes from inner grief and exhaustion, not physical injury.
phonetic
卒 zú
soldier; to finish; worn out
Supplies the sound (zú drifting to cuì) and a faint flavor of being worked to the end like a spent foot soldier, reinforcing the 'drained' meaning.

Stroke Order

悴 cuì