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CHINESE CHARACTER

tuī

推

推

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push

Numbered pinyin
tui1
English meanings
push, decline, refuse, reject, put off, postpone, delay

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 扌; right 隹.

  • Left

    扌
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  • Right

    隹

Meaning & sound clues

扌 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “hand”.

隹 is identified as the sound component (zhuī). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 推.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰扌隹

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    qǐng请tuī推mén门。

    Please push the door.

  2. 02

    tā他tuī推le了chē车。

    He pushed the cart.

  3. 03

    tuīkāi推开mén门jìnqu进去。

    Push the door open and go in.

  4. 04

    bié别tuī推wǒ我。

    Don't push me.

  5. 05

    bǎ把shìqing事情tuī推dào到míngtiān明天。

    Put it off until tomorrow.

  6. 06

    tuījiàn推荐yī一běn本shū书。

    Recommend a book.

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