燧 — Chinese character
燧
suì
torch; flintstone; beacon, signal fire
- Pinyin
- suì
- Radical
- 86 ⽕ (Fire)
- Strokes
- 16
- Components
- 火 遂
- Formation
- pictophonetic — fire; meaning component 火; sound component 遂
- Japanese
- 燧 as a kanji
Common words with 燧
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 燧石 | suì shí | flint |
| 烽燧 | fēng suì | fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night) |
| 燧发枪 (燧發槍) | suì fā qiāng | flintlock |
燧 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Zhuangzi 2
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