zhuì

to sew

to stitch together; to combine; to link; to connect; to put words together; to compose; to embellish

silk (纟) + joined pieces (叕) = stitch together and connect

叕 depicts four small joined pieces, evoking things linked together; the silk radical grounds the act in thread and textile work — stitching fragments into a whole.

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Four small units joinedSemantic
Silk threadSemantic

她在裙子上了几朵小花。

tā zài qún zi shàng zhuì le jǐ duǒ xiǎo huā。

She stitched a few small flowers onto the skirt.

他把这些词句成了一篇短文。

tā bǎ zhè xiē cí jù zhuì chéng le yī piān duǎn wén。

He put these words and phrases together to compose a short essay.

Words with 缀

连缀动词

lián zhuì dòng cí

linking verb

连缀

lián zhuì

to put together

点缀

diǎn zhuì

to decorate

中缀

zhōng zhuì

infix (grammar), particle attached within a word or expression

前缀

qián zhuì

prefix (linguistics)

尾缀

wěi zhuì

(lit.) to follow sb

后缀

hòu zhuì

suffix (linguistics)

拼缀

pīn zhuì

to join together

收残缀轶

shōu cán zhuì yì

to gather and patch up sth that is badly damaged (idiom)

缀合

zhuì hé

to compose

缀字

zhuì zì

to spell

缀文

zhuì wén

to compose an essay

More characters with 纟

绿