悴
cuì

suffer

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 卒 represents the sound. Simplified form of 顇.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

卒
卒 Sound component
zú, cù, cuì soldier, to finish

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangzuds
Unicodedzhuì

說文解字

憂也。从心卒聲。讀與《易》萃卦同。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)