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Characters, words, pinyin or English

粹 cuì pure

pure; unadulterated; essence

How to remember 粹: 米 rice + 卒 foot soldier = pure. The army cook sifts the rice for the hungry foot soldier until not one pebble is left and every grain is pure.

  • HSK 8
  • 14 strokes
  • Radical 米

Component breakdown

粹 = 米 rice + 卒 foot soldier

  • 米 rice
  • 卒 foot soldier
The Gushi story

The army cook sifts the rice for the hungry foot soldier until not one pebble is left and every grain is pure.

How it is used

  • Pure/unadulterated, and the essence - 纯粹 (chúncuì) pure/purely (纯粹是误会 purely a misunderstanding), 精粹 (jīngcuì) the cream/essence.
  • 国粹 (guócuì) means the quintessence of national culture (e.g. Peking opera). 出类拔萃 uses the related 萃.

Words with 粹

Example sentences

  • 京剧是中国的国粹。 Jīngjù shì Zhōngguó de guócuì.Beijing opera is the quintessence of Chinese culture.