cuì

dense

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

is a component form of .

卒 sound component

  Sound component

  

soldier, to finish

Evolution

萃 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
萃 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
萃 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
萃 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

cuì

dense, thick, close-set; to collect together; collect; collection; dense; grassy; thick; assemble; gather

Most common words with 萃
Freq.
Word
Meaning

出类拔萃

preeminent

collect

荟萃

to gather

萃取

to extract

拔萃

to stand out from one's fellows