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隧

suì
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 tunnel
  2. 2 underground passage

Examples

HSK 6
这条海底隧道修了五年。
Zhè tiáo hǎidǐ suìdào xiū le wǔ nián.
It took five years to build this undersea tunnel.
HSK 7-9
火车穿过一条长长的隧道。
Huǒchē chuānguò yì tiáo chángcháng de suìdào.
The train passed through a long tunnel.

Tips

usage
隧 appears almost only in 隧道 (tunnel), whether for roads, railways, or subways.

Components

radical
阝 fù
mound; hill (left-side form of 阜)
On the left this is the mound radical (left-side form of 阜), used for things to do with hills and earthworks, fitting a passage dug through ground.
phonetic
遂 suì
to fulfill; thereupon
On the right 遂 supplies the sound exactly, with no shift. It serves purely as the phonetic element.

Stroke Order

隧 suì