How to write 蕤

蕤 [ruí] 1. The drooping appearance of flowers on plants. 【English】 drooping 2. The flourishing state of plants. 【English】 flourishing 3. ① The seventh note in the twelve pitches of ancient Chinese music. 【English】 the seventh pitch ② Another name for the fifth month in the lunar calendar. 【English】 an alternative name for May 4. Refers to decorative tassels that hang down. 【English】 tassel 蕤 [ruí] (形声。上形，下声。本义:草木花下垂) 同本义 【English】 drooping 蕤 [ruí] 1. Hanging decorations on clothing, canopies, or other objects. 【English】 tassel 引: 1. 《玉台新咏·古诗为焦仲卿妻作》：妾有绣腰襦，葳蕤自生光。 【English】 "I have an embroidered waist garment, with tassels that shine naturally." 2. 《礼记》：大白冠、缁布之冠皆不蕤。 【English】 "The great white crown and the black cloth crown do not have tassels." 2. Flower. 【English】 flower 引: 1. 苏轼《南乡子》：争抱寒柯看玉蕤。 【English】 "Competing to embrace the cold branch and admire the jade flower." 3. Flower anthers (female; male). 【English】 postil (female); stamen (male) 引: 1. 《红楼梦》：此酒乃以百花之蕤，万木之汁，加以麟髓凤乳酿成。 【English】 "This wine is brewed from the anthers of a hundred flowers and the juice of ten-thousand trees, mixed with the essence of unicorn and the milk of phoenix."