锐
ruì
Metal element 金
sharp, keen
acute mind
Element
Metal 金
Radical
钅
Strokes
12
Use
Leans masculine
In five-element thinking, Metal carries clarity, resolve, refinement. A name built on 锐 leans on that energy.
The image behind the character
折锐摧矜凝氾滥兮
《楚辞·忧苦》（刘向）
锐 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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