絮

xù

cotton wadding · fig. padding

Radical: 糸 Strokes: 12

Structure: Top-bottomFrequency: Common

Same radical

素系索紫累繁紧纂繇紊綦纛

Same radical

素系索紫累繁紧纂繇紊綦纛縻絷綮

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Character Decomposition

絮=如+糸

Etymology

silk

Meanings

cotton wadding

fig. padding

long-winded

xù

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Words with 絮 84 total

willow catkin柳絮liǔ xù cotton boll splits open and reveals its white interior吐絮tǔ xù long-winded · garrulous · to talk endlessly without getting to the point絮叨xù dao

Idioms with 絮 8 total Chain

gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)金玉其外，败絮其中jīn yù qí wài , bài xù qí zhōng starts well but ends in separation (of marital relations)兰因絮果lán yīn xù guǒ long-winded · garrulous · to talk endlessly without getting to the point絮絮叨叨xù xu dāo dāo