悴 cuì to suffer
to suffer; haggard
怎么记住“悴”: 忄 heart + 卒 foot soldier = to suffer. With a heavy heart, the young foot soldier reads his mother's letter in the cold tent, far from home and starting to suffer.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
悴 = 忄 heart + 卒 foot soldier
- 忄 heart meaning
- 卒 foot soldier sound
With a heavy heart, the young foot soldier reads his mother's letter in the cold tent, far from home and starting to suffer.
How it came to be
The small seal form sets the heart beside the foot soldier, which gives the sound.
用法
- Bound; only in 憔悴 (qiáocuì), wan, haggard, worn out: 面容憔悴 (miànróng qiáocuì) a drawn, careworn face.
- Describes the toll of worry, illness, or exhaustion on someone's looks.