书 Shū

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Number of strokes

Traditional form

書 shū

Contains the radical

丨 shù

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

A mark made by a pen ⺺

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿻？丨 shù

Explanation

Simplified form of 書 shū . Phonosemantic compound. 聿 yù represents the meaning and 者 zhě represents the sound.

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Broaden your vocabulary by interacting with 5 audio-assisted sentences using the Chinese word 书 Shū in different contexts.

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万般皆下品,惟有 wéi yǒu 读书 dú shū 高 Gāo .

To be a scholar is to be the top of society.

这 zhè 本 běn 书 Shū 里 lǐ 所有 suǒyǒu 的 de 插图 chā tú 都 dōu 加 Jiā 贴 tiē 得 dé 不 bù 仔细 zǐxì ,现在 xiànzài 都 dōu 开始 kāishǐ 脱 tuō 页 yè 了 le .

All the pictures in the book were tipped in carelessly and are beginning to come loose.

这 zhè 书 Shū 放 fàng 得 dé 太 tài 高 Gāo , 我 wǒ 够 gòu 不 bù 着 zhāo .

The book's too high -- I can't reach it.

全书 quán shū 近 jìn 20万 Mò 言 yán .

It is a book of nearly 200,000 words.

秘书 mìshū 度假 dù jià 时 shí ,谁 shuí 来 lái 代替 dàitì 她 tā ?

Who will double for the secretary while she is on holiday?

Explore 25 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 书 Shū in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
书 Shū	book	書 shū
读书 dú shū	to study	讀書
书记 shūji	clerk	書記
图书馆 túshūguǎn	library	圖書館
秘书 mìshū	secretary	秘書
证书 zhèngshū	credentials	證書
图书 tú shū	books (in a library or bookstore)	圖書
书面 shūmiàn	in writing	書面
书店 shū diàn	bookstore	書店
秘书长 mì shū zhǎng	secretary-general	秘書長
副书记 fù shū ji	deputy secretary	副書記
书籍 shūjí	books	書籍
书房 shū fáng	studio	書房
看书 kàn shū	to read	看書
文书 wén shū	document	文書
说明书 shuō míng shū	(technical) manual	說明書
总书记 zǒng shū ji	general secretary (of the Communist Party)	總書記
教书 jiāo shū	to teach (in a school)	教書
书写 shū xiě	to write	書寫
书法 shūfǎ	calligraphy	書法
书包 shū bāo	schoolbag	書包
教科书 jiào kē shū	textbook	教科書
书呆子 shū dāi zi	bookworm	書呆子
书本 shū běn	book	書本
情书 qíng shū	love letter	情書