Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 秀 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (銹)
Simplified (锈)
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欽 think highly of (trad)釗 endeavor (trad)釣 angle (trad/jp)釦 clasp (trad)釧 bracelet (trad)釩 vanadium (trad)釵 ornamental (trad)釺 tool for boring holes (trad)鈀 palladium (trad)鈄 Wine A Wine Flagon (trad)鈆 lead (archaic) (trad)鈉 sodium (trad)鈍 obtuse (trad/jp)鈎 barb (trad)鈔 paper money (trad)鈕 push button (trad)鈞 30 catties (trad)鈣 calcium (trad)鈦 titanium (trad)鈬 bell (iii)
Chinese
锈 / 銹 [xiù]
to corrode; to rust
Japanese
rust
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (7)
不锈钢 [bùxiùgāng] #21,278
stainless steel
生锈 [shēngxiù] #11,698
to rust
防锈 [fángxiù] #39,286
rust prevention
锈蚀 [xiùshí] #63,871
corrosion
刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后 [dāobùmóyàoshēngxiù, rénbùxuéyàoluòhòu]
a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)
永不生锈的螺丝钉 [yǒngbùshēngxiùdeluósīdīng]
a "screw that never rusts" — sb who selflessly and wholeheartedly serves the Communist Party, like Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋[LéiFēng], to whom the metaphor is attributed
脑子生锈 [nǎozishēngxiù]
lit. brains rusty