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shǔ

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shǔ Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shǔ | shu3
English translation
class, category, type; family; affiliated, belonging to

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About shǔ

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Number of strokes

21

Traditional form

shǔ

Contains the radical

shī

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

body

Etymology of shǔ

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

shī 氺蜀

Semantic compound

shī

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Simplified form of shǔ . Phonosemantic compound. wěi represents the meaning and shǔ represents the sound.

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Words with shǔ

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
属于 shǔyú to belong to屬於
金属 jīnshǔ metal金屬
shǔ category shǔ
家属 jiāshǔ family member家屬
下属 xiàshǔ subordinate下屬
所属 suǒ shǔ belonging to所屬
附属 fùshǔ subsidiary附屬
亲属 qīn shǔ kin親屬
属性 shǔ xìng attribute屬性
纯属 chún shǔ to be purely純屬
归属 guī shǔ to belong to歸屬
属实 shǔ shí verified屬實
重金属 zhòng jīn shǔ heavy metal重金屬
隶属 lì shǔ to be attached to隸屬
属下 shǔ xià subordinate屬下
直属 zhí shǔ directly subordinate直屬
有色金属 yǒu sè jīn shǔ non-ferrous metals (all metals excluding iron, chromium, manganese and their alloys)有色金屬
直系亲属 zhí xì qīn shǔ next of kin直系親屬
专属 zhuān shǔ proprietary專屬
归属感 guī shǔ gǎn sense of belonging歸屬感
部属 bù shǔ subordinate部屬
贵金属 guì jīn shǔ precious metal貴金屬
属地 shǔ dì dependency屬地
附属品 fù shǔ pǐn accessory附屬品
眷属 juàn shǔ family member眷屬

shǔ Decomposition & Compounds

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