| 燧 | |||
| flintstone; beacon, signal fire; torch | |||
| Radical | 火灬 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 13 | Total Strokes | 17 |
| Mandarin reading | suì | Cantonese reading | seoi6 |
| Japanese on reading | sui | Japanese kun reading | hiuchi noroshi |
| Korean reading | swu | Vietnamese reading | |
| 燧 | |||
| flintstone; beacon, signal fire; torch | |||
| Radical | 火灬 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 13 | Total Strokes | 17 |
| Mandarin reading | suì | Cantonese reading | seoi6 |
| Japanese on reading | sui | Japanese kun reading | hiuchi noroshi |
| Korean reading | swu | Vietnamese reading | |
| 燧 | [ suì ] fire, speculum, to obtain fire by drilling wood, striking flint, sun's rays etc |
| 燧人 | [ suì rén ] Suiren, legendary inventor of fire |
| 燧人氏 | [ suì rén shì ] Suirenshi, legendary inventor of fire |
| 燧石 | [ suì shí ] flint |
| ⇒ 烽燧 | [ fēng suì ] fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night) |