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shū

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shū Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shū | shu1
English translation
good, pure, virtuous; charming

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About shū

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

shū

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

water

Etymology of shū

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵叔

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

shū

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and shū represents the sound.

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Example sentences using shū

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shì 一位成熟 chéngshú de 淑女 shū nǚ yǒu 一头 yī tóu 染成 jiāng 黄色 huáng sè de 头发 tóufa 顽皮 wán pí de 笑容 xiào róng

She was a mature lady with dyed ginger hair and a roguish grin.

淑女 shū nǚ 端坐 duān zuò shí 总是 zǒngshì 双手 shuāng shǒu 放在膝上不发一言 yī yán

A lady always sits quietly with her hands in her lap.

Words with shū

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
淑女 shū nǚ lady淑女 shū nǚ
shū warm and virtuous shū
贤淑 xián shū (of a woman) virtuous賢淑

shū Decomposition & Compounds

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