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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xù | xu4
English translation
mental state; thread, clue

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

thread

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

糹者

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

zhě

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and zhě represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
情绪 qíngxù mood情緒
头绪 tóu xù outline頭緒
就绪 jiù xù to be ready就緒
思绪 sī xù mood思緒
情绪化 qíng xù huà emotional情緒化
光绪 Guāng xù reign name of penultimate Qing emperor Guangxu or Guang-hsu (1875-1908)光緒
clues
心绪 xīn xù mood心緒
闹情绪 nào qíng xù to be in a bad mood鬧情緒
千头万绪 qiān tóu wàn xù plethora of things to tackle千頭萬緒
愁绪 chóu xù melancholy愁緒
心绪不宁 xīn xù bù níng unquiet state of mind心緒不寧
绪论 xù lùn introduction緒論
索绪尔 Suǒ xù ěr Saussure (name)索緒爾
别绪 bié xù emotions at time of parting別緒
绪言 xù yán introduction緒言
离情别绪 lí qíng bié xù sad feeling at separation (idiom)離情別緒
余绪 yú xù vestigial residue餘緒
端绪 duān xù clue端緒

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