ruì

token made of jade, lucky, auspicious

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
玉 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

jade

耑 sound component

  Sound component

duānzhuān

  

tip, start, extremity

Evolution

瑞 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
瑞 Clerical script Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
瑞 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

ruì

felicitous omen; auspicious; lucky; propitious; rayl (acoustical unit)

Most common words with 瑞
Freq.
Word
Meaning

lucky

瑞士

Switzerland

瑞典

Sweden

委内瑞拉

Venezuela

杰瑞

Jerry or Gerry (name)