"Pith" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 精髓 | jīng suǐ | marrow / pith / quintessence / essence |   |
| 髓 |  suǐ | marrow / essence / quintessence / pith (soft interior of plant stem) | |
| 䯝 | suǐ | variant of 髓 / marrow / essence / quintessence / pith (soft interior of plant stem) | |
| 心材 | xīn cái | pith / central core (of tree) | |
| 边材 | biān cái | sapwood (between vascular cambium and pith inside growing wood) | |
| 芯 | xīn | lamp pith / wick | |
| 髓结 | suǐ jié | pith knot (in timber) | |
