cuì

suffer

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

Components
忄 meaning component

  Meaning component

xinxīn

  

heart

is a component form of .

卒 sound component

  Sound component

  

soldier, to finish

Evolution

悴 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
悴 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
悴 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

cuì

suffer, become emaciated, haggard; haggard; sad; downcast; distressed

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cuì

variant of [cuì]

Most common words with 悴
Freq.
Word
Meaning

憔悴

wan and sallow

sad