褪(tuì)

14 strokes
Readingstuìtùn

to take off (clothes)

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Character information

Pinyin
tuì / tùn
Meaning
to take off (clothes); to shed (feathers); (of color) to fade; (fig.) (of emotions, awareness etc) to fade; Taiwan pr. [tun4]
Strokes
14
HSK level
—
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 褪 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰衤退

Th take off 退 clothing 衤; 退 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

衤yī退tuì

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 褪 step by step

14 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 褪

Common words using 褪 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

tuì褪xià下

to take off (trousers); to drop one's pants

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tuì褪guāng光

matte (of a color etc)

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tuì褪qù去

to take off (one's clothes); (fig.) to shed (one's former image etc); (of a…

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tuì褪sè色

(of colors) to fade

Open 褪色 page →
tuì褪hēi黑sù素

(biochemistry) melatonin

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Related characters

From 褪’s common words

下光去色黑素

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