瑞
ruì
Metal element 金
auspicious
good fortune
Element
Metal 金
Radical
王
Strokes
13
Use
Used for any gender
In five-element thinking, Metal carries clarity, resolve, refinement. A name built on 瑞 leans on that energy.
The radical
the jade radical (玉): jade, nobility, purity, and a virtue more treasured than gold.
瑞 works in names for any gender; what matters is how it is paired and how the tones flow. It is 13 strokes to write.
The image behind the character
懿风后兮受瑞图
《楚辞·逢尤》（王逸）
瑞 appears in this classical line. Read it as the picture the character draws on, part of why it carries the feeling it does.
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