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shú

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shú Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shú | shu2
English translation
ransom; to buy; to redeem

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About shú

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Number of strokes

22

Traditional form

shú

Contains the radical

bèi

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

To sell  mài a soul for money  bèi mài also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of shú

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

貝賣

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Words with shú

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
赎回 shú huí to redeem贖回
shú to redeem shú
赎金 shú jīn ransom贖金
赎罪 shú zuì redemption贖罪
将功赎罪 jiāng gōng shú zuì to atone for one's crimes by meritorious acts將功贖罪
赎款 shú kuǎn ransom贖款
掳人勒赎 lǔ rén lè shú kidnapping for ransom擄人勒贖

shú Decomposition & Compounds

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