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褪 meaning and stroke order

tuì

To strip, to undress; to fade, to fall off

14 strokesRadical 衤
Strokes14
Pinyintuì
ToneTone 4
Frequency#3,710
Printable worksheet

How to write 褪, stroke by stroke

14 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.

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Meaning of 褪

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.

tuìfourth tone (falling)
  1. to take off (clothes); to shed (feathers)
  2. (of color) to fade
  3. (fig.) (of emotions, awareness etc) to fade
  4. Taiwan pr. [tun4]
tùnfourth tone (falling)
  1. to slip out of sth
  2. to hide sth in one's sleeve

How 褪 is built

Ideographic (compound meaning) character. Th take off 退 clothing 衤; 退 also provides the pronunciation.

yīcloth+tuìto retreat

Radical: 衤 (cloth), shared by 72 characters on this site.

How to remember 褪

The clothing radical 衤 sits next to 退 (tuì, to retreat or move back). When clothes retreat from your body, you take them off, and 退 also gives the sound tuì.

褪 (tuì) is mostly written, used for removing clothes, animals shedding feathers or skin, and colors or feelings fading. The most common word is 褪色 (tuìsè), to fade. Example: 这件衣服洗了几次就褪色了。(Zhè jiàn yīfu xǐ le jǐ cì jiù tuìsè le.) This shirt faded after a few washes.

Common mistake: Learners often write 退色 or confuse 褪 with 退 because they sound the same. When the meaning involves clothing, skin, or color fading, use 褪 with the clothing radical 衤. Do not use the spirit radical 礻, which has one dot fewer.

Common words with 褪

Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.

WordPinyinMeaningLevel
褪色tuìsè(of colors) to fade; also pr. [tui4shai3]
褪去tuìqùto take off (one's clothes); (fig.) to shed (one's former image etc)

褪 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

虽suī然rán激jī情qíng可kě能néng会huì褪tùn去qù，但dàn我wǒ们men不bù能néng切qiē断duàn感gǎn情qíng上shàng的de联lián系xì。
Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.
大dà部bù分fèn的de字zì迹jì已yǐ经jīng褪tuì色shǎi，但dàn仍réng可kě从cóng这zhè些xiē句jù子zi中zhōng推tuī敲qiāo出chū含hán意yì。
Most of the words are faded, but it's still possible to extrapolate the meaning from these sentences.

Questions about 褪

How many strokes are in 褪?

褪 is written with 14 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.

What does 褪 mean?

褪 (tuì) means to strip, to undress; to fade, to fall off. A common word with it is 褪色 (tuìsè), meaning "(of colors) to fade; also pr. [tui4shai3]".

How do you pronounce 褪?

褪 is pronounced tuì, in the fourth tone (falling).

What is the radical of 褪?

The radical of 褪 is 衤, which carries the idea of "cloth". Dictionaries list 褪 under this radical.

Is 褪 ever read tùn?

Yes. The tùn reading means to slip something off or out, or to tuck something into a sleeve, as in 把手褪进袖子里 (bǎ shǒu tùn jìn xiùzi lǐ). In Taiwan, tùn is also used for the take-off-clothes sense.

Can 褪 describe emotions or memories fading?

Yes, figuratively. You can say 热情褪去 (rèqíng tuìqù), the enthusiasm faded, or 记忆慢慢褪色 (jìyì mànmàn tuìsè), the memory slowly faded.