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shù

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shù Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shù | shu4
English translation
variant of shù
> shù [shù]
to erect
vertical
vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
perpendicular, vertical; to erect

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About shù

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

shù

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

A person  yòu  standing as straight as a knife  dāo

Etymology of shù

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿱⿰刂又立

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Example sentences using shù

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Wáng de 写法 xiě fǎ shì Sān héng shù .

The character " Wáng " is composed of one vertical and three horizontal strokes.

yòng 手指 shǒuzhǐ huá Guò 竖琴 shù qín de 琴弦 qín xián .

She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.

dāng lái 访者走近 zǒu jìn 大门 Dà mén shí , tiáo gǒu de Máo dōu shù 起来 qǐlai le .

The dog's hair bristled when the visitors came to the door.

詹姆斯 Zhān mǔ sī 开始 kāishǐ jiǎng guǐ 故事 gùshì de 时候 shíhou ,有点 yǒu diǎn ràng rén 汗毛 hàn máo Zhí shù .

It got a bIt'spooky when James started telling ghost stories.

有时 yǒu shí bēi shǎng de Máo huì 竖起 shù qǐ .

Sometimes the hair along its back stands up.

Words with shù

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
shù to erect shù
竖起 shù qǐ to erect (a tent etc)豎起
竖琴 shù qín harp豎琴
竖立 shù lì to erect豎立
横竖 héng shu anyway橫豎
横七竖八 héng qī shù bā in disorder橫七豎八
竖笛 shù dí recorder豎笛
横挑鼻子竖挑眼 héng tiāo bí zi shù tiāo yǎn to pick on sth incessantly (idiom)橫挑鼻子豎挑眼
横眉竖眼 héng méi shù yǎn to glare橫眉豎眼
横躺竖卧 héng tǎng shù wò to lie down all over the place橫躺豎臥
横三竖四 héng sān shù sì in disorder橫三豎四
横说竖说 héng shuō shù shuō to repeat橫說豎說

shù Decomposition & Compounds

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shù Decomposition

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