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Meaning of 燧

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燧
Pinyin: suì
English Definition: fire; speculum; to obtain fire by drilling wood, striking flint, sun's rays etc
Chinese Definition:
①上古取火的器具:燧石。燧人氏(传说中人工取火的发明者)。
②古代告警的烽火:烽燧。
Total strokes: 17; Radical: 火
Pictophonetic:遂 indicates the sound; 火 (fire) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿰ Left to right
    • 火 [ huǒ ] fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
    • 遂 [ suì ] to fail; to follow, to comply with
Similar Characters: 燵
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Example Words
燧石 suì shí flint
燧人氏 suì rén shì Suirenshi, legendary inventor of fire
烽燧 fēng suì fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night)
燧人 suì rén Suiren, legendary inventor of fire
古烽燧 gǔ fēng suì ancient fire beacon towers (archaeological sites in Xinjiang)
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Example Sentences
1
那时候
,
燧人发现了钻木取火的方法
,
但他并了解如何长时间地保住以及利用火种
。
At that time, Suiren discovered the method of making fire by drilling wood, but didn't know much about keeping and utilizing fire.
2
现在我抚摸着的这些纽扣和燧发枪装置
,
也很可能是百年前的一个探索者留下的呢
。
Now I was touching buttons and the firing mechanism of a visitor from perhaps 100 years ago.
3
后来
,
被尊为三皇之一的燧人氏就长眠在被称为燧明国的商丘
,
受到后世的顶礼膜拜
。
Subsequently, Suirenshi, one of the 3 Emperors, buried in Shangqiu and worshipped by the later generations.
4
就现有材料而言
,
汉简所见
“
助吏
”
一般为下级的基层官吏
,
其担任的职务有燧长
、
府佐
、
置佐
、
令史等
。
According to the existing materials, Zhuli in wooden slips of the Han Dynasty were the junior basic officials such as Suizhang, Fuzuo, Zhizuo, Lingshi, etc.
5
跟探索其它地方时一样
,
我并没有期望能在这山洞发现什么
,
然而在这山洞的泥土里
,
我却发现了一串军用纽扣和一只燧发枪
。
Buried in the soil, in a place I didn' t expect many had ever visited, I found a series of old military buttons and a flintlock musket.