How to Write 倠 (suī) — Meaning “an ancient character”

Picture a person (亻) standing beside a bird (隹) and think "ancient person watching a bird," since this character is ancient and rarely used. The unusual pairing of person and bird makes it easy to recall as a special historical character.

Write the left radical 亻 first (two strokes: left-falling and vertical), then the right side 隹. The right part has a short top stroke, then four horizontal strokes, and finally a vertical stroke for the bottom — be careful not to add extra strokes. Common mistakes include misordering the horizontal strokes in 隹 or making the two sides unbalanced in size.

倠 has the person radical on the left and 隹 on the right, while 俎 places the person component on top and 且 below. 俞 also has a person radical on the left but a different right part (俞). Remember: 倠 = person + bird; 俎 = person + cutting board; 俞 = person + boat-like shape.

倠 is an ancient character that has no practical use in modern Chinese, appearing only in old dictionaries or historical texts. It is not part of the HSK vocabulary and you will almost never see it in everyday writing or speech.

Common words containing 倠 include: 倠 (suī) — an ancient character.