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suì
燧

technical
archaic

Meaning of 燧

燧 means ancient fire-making implement; flint; ancient beacon fire; signal fire for warning. Pronounced suì.

  • ancient fire-making implement; flint
  • ancient beacon fire; signal fire for warning

Character Info

Radical火
Strokes16
Components
火
遂

Stroke Order

燧

Definitions & Examples

Gǔ古
rén人
yòng用
suì燧
shí石
qǔ取
huǒ火
 。

Ancient people used flint to make fire.

Jīn金
suì燧
kě可
yǐ以
jù聚
guāng光
qǔ取
huǒ火
 。

A metal burning-glass could be used to focus sunlight to start a fire.

Zuān钻
suì燧
qǔ取
huǒ火
shì是
gǔ古
rén人
de的
zhòng重
yào要
fā发
míng明
 。

Drilling wood to make fire was an important invention of the ancients.

Relations

Common Words

燧石suìshí

flint; hard silica rock used for fire-making

烽燧fēngsuì

ancient border beacon fire and smoke signals; border alarm system

燧人氏suìrénshì

legendary inventor of fire-making