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shū

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shū Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shū | shu1
English translation
a comb
to comb
brush, comb

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About shū

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

shū

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

wood

Etymology of shū

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木㐬

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

liú

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Example sentences using shū

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de 头发 tóufa tài luàn le , shū dòng .

Your hair's so tangled that I can't comb it.

shū 毛机通常 tōngcháng yóu liǎng 锡林它们 tā men 相联 xiāng lián de dào 组成 zǔchéng .

The card usually consists of two cylinders and their associated doffers.

yòng 矿物 kuàng wù yóu 代替 dàitì 惯用 guàn yòng de shū Máo yóu .

The traditional carding oil has been replaced by mineral oils.

Bié de 头发 tóufa wǎng shǎng luàn shū , 这样 zhè yàng tài téng le .

Don't brush my hair up the wrong way; it hurts.

海伦 Hǎi lún 赴宴 fù yàn qián 头发 tóufa 梳理 shū lǐ hǎo .

Helen got up her hair before going to the dinner party.

Words with shū

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
shū a comb shū
梳理 shū lǐ to comb梳理 shū lǐ
梳子 shūzi comb梳子 shūzi
梳头 shū tóu to comb one's hair梳頭
梳洗 shū xǐ to freshen up梳洗 shū xǐ
梳妆台 shū zhuāng tái dressing table梳妝檯
梳妆 shū zhuāng to dress and groom oneself梳妝

shū Decomposition & Compounds

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shū Decomposition

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up shū and their own compounds.

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