燧

燧 · suì

flintstone; beacon, signal fire; torch

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
suì
Cantonese
seoi6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

flintstone; beacon, signal fire; torch

Dictionary definitions & readings

燧 suì · (bound form) material or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's rays; (bound form) beacon fire (alarm signal in border regions), esp. one lit during daytime to produce smoke

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
32236.110:suì Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1100.070:suì Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
352.150:suì Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
suì粵seoi6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
スイ ズイ のろし ひうち Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
수:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
徐醉 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
FYTO Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
9883.3 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0684.310 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
350.32 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0526i Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+71E7
Radical
火 · 86
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6173

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
燧
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 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.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
zwijH · 徐醉 · 止合三去脂邪 · #2200

PHONO-ML, source line 12811; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
861.304
kDaeJaweon
1097.080
kGSR
0526i
kHanYu
32236.110
kIRGDaeJaweon
1097.080
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
32236.110
kIRGKangXi
0684.310
kKangXi
0684.310
kMatthews
5531
kMeyerWempe
2879b
kMorohashi
19469 19469:E0101
kNelson
2805
kSBGY
350.32
kSMSZD2003Index
404.16
kCangjie
FYTO
kFourCornerCode
9883.3
kHKGlyph
2434
kMojiJoho
MJ016655 MJ016655:E0101 MJ016656:E0102 MJ016657:E0103 MJ016654:E0104
kPhonetic
1257A
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-6C5D
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C0E6
kIRG_JSource
J0-5F7C
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-E3F1
kIRG_KSource
K0-622C
kIRG_TSource
T1-7431
kRSUnicode
86.13
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
C0E6
kCCCII
214A2D
kCNS1986
1-7431
kCNS1992
1-7431
kEACC
214A2D
kGB0
7661
kGB1
7661
kJis0
6392
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
3606
kTGH
2013:6173
kTaiwanTelegraph
3606
kXerox
266:357
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+5591+86.4.13
kCantonese
seoi6
kDefinition
flintstone; beacon, signal fire; torch
kFanqie
徐醉
kHangul
수:0N
kHanyuPinyin
32236.110:suì
kJapanese
スイ ズイ のろし ひうち
kJapaneseKun
HIUCHI NOROSHI
kJapaneseOn
SUI
kKorean
SWU
kMandarin
suì
kSMSZD2003Readings
suì粵seoi6
kTGHZ2013
352.150:suì
kTang
zuì
kXHC1983
1100.070:suì

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Structure & connections

0.10
6dictionary records using 燧0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
火 beside 遂 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰火遂$(GHTKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰火遂$(GHTKP)

^⿰火⿺辶⿱八豕$(J)

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