粋

Translingual

Etymology

Simplified from 粹 (卒 → 卆).

Han character

粋 (radical 119 米+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 火木大弓十 (FDKNJ))

1. pure
2. unadulterated
3. select

References

• KangXi: page 907, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26875
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3143, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7C8B

Japanese

Kanji

粋 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

shinjitai (新字体)

Readings

• On: すい (sui), さい (sai)
• Kun: いき (iki)

Mandarin

Hanzi

粋 (pinyin cuì (cui4), Wade-Giles ts'ui⁴)

not orthodox (俗字)