xiù

rust

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
钅 meaning component

  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

is a component form of .

秀 sound component

  Sound component

xiù

  

elegant, excellent

Definitions

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xiù

rust, corrode; to corrode; to rust

Most common words with 锈
Freq.
Word
Meaning

不锈钢

stainless steel

to rust

生锈

to rust

铁锈

rust

防锈

rust prevention

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.6910% of movies

2796th most common character in movies

3366th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Traditional

Unicode

U+9508


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