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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- cui1
- English meanings
- urge, hurry, press, hasten, expedite
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 亻; right 崔.
Meaning & sound clues
亻 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “person”.
崔 is identified as the sound component (cuī). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 催.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
destroy; break
bright; dazzling
exhaustion
pure; essence
emerald green; kingfisher
neat
gather; extract
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 催促
- 催眠