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Meanings

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1.(bound form) material or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's rays
2.(bound form) beacon fire (alarm signal in border regions), esp. one lit during daytime to produce smoke

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Wiktionary

1.flintstone
2.beacon fire; signal fire
3.torch

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ljuds): semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 遂 (OC *ljuds).

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Stroke order

Components

燧火遂

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Derived terms

烽燧燧人燧人氏燧木燧火鏡燧火镜燧發槍燧发枪燧石燧象邊燧边燧鑽燧钻燧陰燧阴燧陽燧阳燧

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Related words

燧石 flint 燧人 Suiren, legendary inventor of fire 烽燧 fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night)燧发枪 flintlock 燧人氏 Suirenshi, legendary inventor of fire