粹
cuì HSK7

pure

Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 卒 represents the sound.

Components

米
米 Meaning component
mǐ rice
卒
卒 Sound component
zú, cù, cuì soldier, to finish

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsuds
Unicodesuì

說文解字

不雜也。从米卒聲。

Sources

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