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璀

cuǐ
adjective #89,297

Meanings

  1. 1 bright; sparkling (of gems)

Examples

城市的夜景璀璨夺目。
Chéngshì de yèjǐng cuǐcàn duómù.
The night view of the city is dazzling and bright.
中华文明有璀璨的历史。
Zhōnghuá wénmíng yǒu cuǐcàn de lìshǐ.
Chinese civilization has a brilliant history.

Tips

usage
Bound character: it lives inside 璀璨 (brilliant, dazzling), used for jewels, lights, and figuratively for a glorious culture or achievement. You will not see 璀 standing alone.

Components

radical
王 wáng
jade (left-side form); king
Left side is the jade radical, written as 王 in this position (a compressed form of 玉, jade). It marks 璀 as belonging to the family of gemstone words.
phonetic
崔 cuī
high; towering; surname Cui
Right side 崔 gives the sound (cuī shifting to cuǐ). It is also a common surname, but here it works only as the phonetic part of 璀璨.

Stroke Order

璀 cuǐ