How to Write 濉 (suī) — Meaning “Sui (name of a river)”

Picture a bird (隹) standing on ice (冫) next to a river (氵). The bird is drinking from the Sui River, and the ice reminds you of the cold water. This image helps you recall the shape and the meaning of the river name.

Start with the three dots of the water radical on the left. Then write the bird component 隹 with nine strokes, and finally add the two dots for 冫 at the bottom right. A common mistake is to write the bottom 冫 as a single horizontal line instead of two separate dots.

滕 has the meat radical 月 on the left and a different right side, while 滴 has the water radical 氵 but the right side is 啇 (trade). Visually, 濉 is unique because its right side has a bird and ice. Also, 濉 is only used in place names, while 滴 is a common word for "drip".

濉 appears only in proper place names, such as 濉溪 (Suixi county) and 濉河 (Sui River). It is not in the HSK vocabulary list because it is a rare character for geographic terms. There are no special cultural notes beyond these regional names.

Common words containing 濉 include: 濉溪 (suī xī) — Suixi (place name); 濉河 (suī hé) — Sui River; 濉宁 (suī níng) — Suining (place name).