垂

垂 · chuí

let down; suspend, hand; down

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

let down; suspend, hand; down

Mandarin
chuí
Cantonese
seoi4

Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.

Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese

Readings recorded for 垂 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.

Japanese 日本語

Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.

On’yomi · katakana

スイズイツイ

Kun’yomi · hiragana

たれるたらすなんなんとする

Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property

スイ ズイ ツイ たれる たらす なんなんとする

Korean 한국어

Hanja readings · Hangul

수

Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.

Reading sources explained
수
KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kHangul ↗ · provisional property

수:0E

Vietnamese Tiếng Việt

Character readings · Quốc ngữ

thùy

Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kVietnamese ↗ · provisional property

thùy

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+5782
Radical
土 · 32
Strokes
8 · Unihan
Residual
5

Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.

Stroke order

8 strokes
垂
Strokes
8
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

8 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Graphical structure

⿱⿻千龷一(GJKPV)
⿻⿻千⿰十十二(HT)
How to read these symbols

⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.

BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.

Words & connections

Words using 垂

Character connections

7 catalogue records include this shape in their first retained IDS. Graphical containment does not imply shared etymology.

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
dzywe · 是爲 反切 · #96

Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.

Source row & reading categories

CSV line 819 · dzywe = 止合三平支常

Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗

Sources & reference

Evidence & next depth

Source editions & exact scope ↗
Retained Unihan properties
kMandarin
chuí
kCantonese
seoi4
kDefinition
let down; suspend, hand; down
kTotalStrokes
8
kRSUnicode
32.5 33.5
kGradeLevel
4
kTGH
2013:1125

Readings across dictionaries

Hanyu Da Zidian
chuí,zhuì 10432.050
Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
chuí 0168.060
Small numbers locate dictionary entries; 粵 introduces Cantonese. Includes rare or historical readings. Source notation ↗

Reference desk

Sentences in context

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The attributed sentence collection is still small; this spelling has no retained example yet.

Study this character

Structure & connections

0.10
60dictionary records using 垂8forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below
⿻ Overlaid

Shape description
(千 overlaps 龷) above 一 · the shape used in China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam
Source notation ^⿱⿻千龷一$(GJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱⿻千龷一$(GJKPV)

^⿻⿻千⿰十十二$(HT)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.