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粋

chic
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingスイ
Kun readingいき
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. chicRtK
  2. essence
  3. pure
  4. refined
  5. stylish
  1. smart
  2. tasteful

Popular Usage

純粋

Radicals and components

Radical米rice
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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rice (米) · ninety · nine (九) · baseball · ten (十) · needle (丨)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 993

Compound words

純粋じゅんすい
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
抜粋ばっすい
extract; excerpt; selection
国粋こくすい
national characteristics
粋ないきな
stylish, tasteful, refined
粋人すいじん
person of refined tastes
清粋せいすい
elegance
生粋きっすい
pure
精粋せいすい
purity
不粋ぶいき
vulgar
無粋ぶすい
unrefined, tasteless, boorish
生っ粋きっすい
pure
国粋主義こくすいしゅぎ
nationalism
純粋培養じゅんすいばいよう
clean (pure) culture
純粋理性じゅんすいりせい
(Kantian) pure reason
抜粋するばっすいする
extract

On Reading Examples

どうせ日本文化の粋などは連中には絶対わかるまい。すい
They'll never truly understand the essence of Japanese culture anyway.tatoeba
いきなり本人に誰何するのも無粋と考えました。ぶすい
I thought it would be boorish to challenge his identity without warning.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

今日の格好はとっても粋ですね。いき
You're looking snappy today.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は生粋のパリっ子です。
He is a Parisian born and bred.tatoeba
彼は生粋のアメリカ人だ。
He is an American to the backbone.tatoeba
彼は純粋の貴族だ。
He's a genuine aristocrat.tatoeba
彼はその詩から一節を抜粋した。
He extracted a passage from the poem.tatoeba

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 粋

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