suì

evil spirit

Components
出 unknown component

  Unknown component

chū

  

go out

示 meaning component

  Meaning component

shì

  

show

spirit

Evolution

祟 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
祟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
祟 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
祟 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

suì

evil spirit; evil influence

Most common words with 祟
Freq.
Word
Meaning

作祟

haunted

鬼鬼祟祟

sneaky

evil spirit

邪祟

evil spirit

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*s-lut-s

swijH

suì

evil forces, noxious influences


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 3.2997% of movies

2546th most common character in movies

3414th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+795F

Shuowen

“祟,神禍也。从示,从出。,籀文祟从省。”


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