髓
suǐ HSK7

bone marrow

髓 suǐ
bone marrow noun
the soft fatty substance in the cavities of bones

这根牛大骨里有很多髓，吃起来非常香。

zhè gēn niú dà gǔ lǐ yǒu hěn​duō suǐ, chī qi​lai fēi​cháng xiāng.

This large beef bone has a lot of marrow, which tastes delicious.

essence noun
the innermost or most essential part of something

他在老师的指导下，终于领悟到了这门手艺的髓。

tā zài lǎo​shī de zhǐ​dǎo xià, zhōng​yú lǐng​wù dào le zhè mén shǒu​yì de suǐ.

Under his teacher's guidance, he finally grasped the essence of this craft.

pith noun
the soft, spongy tissue in the center of certain plant stems

这种植物的茎部含有发达的髓。

zhè zhǒng zhí​wù de jīng bù hán​yǒu fā​dá de suǐ.

The stem of this plant contains a well-developed pith.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,808th most common 12.8 per million
Movie subtitles
2,630th most common 6.68 per million appears in 3% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
0.480 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
5.17 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
21
Unicode
U+9AD3

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)