ruí
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 the hanging end of a hat's chin-strap (classical)
  2. 2 the downward mouthparts of a cicada or insect (classical)

Examples

Ruí shì gǔdài mào dài xiàchuí de bùfen.
The 'rui' is the part of an old cap's tie that hangs down below the chin.

Tips

history
is not used in modern Chinese. It is a classical word for the dangling tail of a hat-string, and by image the drooping feeler-mouth of a cicada, famous from the 《诗经》 hat imagery. The silk radical marks the cord; supplies the sound.
register
Archaic and literary. You will meet only in classical text and etymology notes, never in modern speech or writing.

Components

radical
silk; cord
(a skein of silk) is the indexing radical, sitting at the foot of ; it tells the reader the word names a cord, the hanging tie of a cap.
phonetic
wěi
phonetic element
supplies the sound for , the reading having drifted strongly from its source; it carries pronunciation, not meaning.

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Stroke Order

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