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須 xū

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須 xū Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xū | xu1
English translation
beard; must; necessary

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About 須 xū

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

須 xū

Contains the radical

頁 yè

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

Hair 彡 shān growing on the face 頁 yè

Etymology of 須 xū

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰彡頁

Explanation

Simplified form of 須 xū . Pictograph of a person with a bearded face. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. In simplified Chinese 须 xū is also used to mean "beard", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 鬚 xū .

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Words with 須 xū

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
必须 bìxū must必須
须 xū beard鬚 xū
无须 wú xū need not無須
胡须 húxū beard鬍鬚
须知 xūzhī key information須知
莫须有 mò xū yǒu groundless莫須有
须要 xū yào must須要
剃须刀 tì xū dāo shaver剃鬚刀
何须 hé xū why should何須
须臾 xū yú in a flash須臾
须眉 xū méi man or men (formal)鬚眉
须发 xū fà hair and beard鬚髮
触须 chù xū tentacles觸鬚
须弥 Xū mí Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition須彌
根须 gēn xū roots根鬚
溜须拍马 liū xū pāi mǎ to toady溜鬚拍馬
横须贺 Héng xū hè Yokosuka (port and navy base in the Tokyo bay)橫須賀
须根 xū gēn fibrous roots須根
解铃还须系铃人 jiě líng hái xū xì líng rén fig. whoever started the trouble should end it解鈴還須繫鈴人
须子 xū zi feelers (zoology)鬚子
须鲸 xū jīng baleen whale鬚鯨
须生 xū shēng venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera)鬚生

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