綴

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缀

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embellish

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zhui

テイ、テツ、テチ、ゲツ

と.じる、つづ.る、つづり、すみ.やか

철, 체

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 叕 represents the sound. Originally written as 叕, which depicted a person with their hands and feet tied up.

Components

糹 silk+ 叕 to connect =

綴 embellish

糹 Meaning component

mì

silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

叕 Phonetic component

zhuó to connect

Depicts a person (大) with their hands and feet tied up.

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

缀

Regular

Modern

Chinese

缀 / 綴 [chuò]

variant of 輟|辍[chuò]

缀 / 綴 [zhuì]

to sew; to stitch together; to combine; to link; to connect; to put words together; to compose; to embellish

Japanese

綴り、綴 (irreg.) つづり同音

noun

spelling; orthography
file; pad; bundle; binding

Korean

철 [綴]

Affix

-cheol; A suffix used to mean "an object that has bound those things in one."

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (1)

お名前の綴りを教えてください。

How do you spell your name?

Japanese Names

綴つずり

Tsuzuri given name

綴つずる

Tsuzuru given name

綴つづり

Tsuzuri female given namesurname

綴つづる

Tsuzuru female given name

CHINESE WORDS (20)

点缀 [diǎnzhuì] #19,549

to decorate

后缀 [hòuzhuì] #36,572

suffix (linguistics)

前缀 [qiánzhuì] #49,450

prefix (linguistics)

连缀 [liánzhuì] #50,014

to put together

词缀 [cízhuì] #51,607

prefix or suffix of a compound word

中缀 [zhōngzhuì] #65,714

infix (grammar), particle attached within a word or expression

缝缀 [féngzhuì] #66,851

to patch together

拼缀 [pīnzhuì] #70,486

to join together

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JAPANESE WORDS (47)

soup or stew over which a beaten egg is poured before serving

袋綴じ [ふくろとじ] #90,812

double-leaved printing (traditional East Asian books)

和綴じ [わとじ] #97,012

Japanese-style bookbinding

綴り方 [つづりかた] #106,440

(way of) literary composition

点綴 [てんてい] #112,571

interspersion

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KOREAN WORDS (3)