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悴

cuì
adjective #98,590

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 7-9
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.
HSK 7-9
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