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shū

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shū Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shū | shu1
English translation
book, letter, document; writing

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About shū

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

shū

Contains the radical

yuē

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

A brush  used to write words yuē

Etymology of shū

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

聿曰

Explanation

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

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Words with shū

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
Shū book shū
读书 dú shū to study讀書
书记 shūji clerk書記
图书馆 túshūguǎn library圖書館
秘书 mìshū secretary秘書
证书 zhèngshū credentials證書
图书 tú shū books (in a library or bookstore)圖書
书面 shūmiàn in writing書面
书店 shū diàn bookstore書店
秘书长 mì shū zhǎng secretary-general秘書長
副书记 fù shū ji deputy secretary副書記
书籍 shūjí books書籍
书房 shū fáng studio書房
看书 kàn shū to read看書
文书 wén shū document文書
说明书 shuō míng shū (technical) manual說明書
总书记 zǒng shū ji general secretary (of the Communist Party)總書記
教书 jiāo shū to teach (in a school)教書
书写 shū xiě to write書寫
书法 shūfǎ calligraphy書法
书包 shū bāo schoolbag書包
教科书 jiào kē shū textbook教科書
书呆子 shū dāi zi bookworm書呆子
书本 shū běn book書本
情书 qíng shū love letter情書

shū Decomposition & Compounds

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