shū

book; to write; letter

HSK 1 #282

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 282nd character
Radical ⼁ (2.3)
Strokes 4
Index # 188
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

书 shū
  1. 1. book
  2. 2. to write
  3. 3. letter
  4. 4. document
  5. 5. abbr. for shū jīng
  6. 6. CL běn,,

Stroke order

书 stroke order diagram
书 stroke order animation

Words containing 书

Word Meaning
The Book of Lord Shang, Legalist text of the 4th century BC
Siku Quanshu, Qing dynasty book collection
Four Books, namely: the Great Learning dà xué, the Doctrine of the Mean zhōng yōng, the Analects of Confucius lún yǔ, and Mencius mèng zǐ
national library
librarian
librarian
writing on the ground with a large brush dipped in water
written report
the biblical books of the prophets
Nüshu, women’s script from Hunan
(old) marriage contract
diploma
Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 广tài píng guǎng jì, Imperial readings of the Taiping era tài píng yù lǎn, Prime tortoise of the record bureau cè fǔ yuán guī, Finest blossoms in the garden of literature wén yuàn yīng huá
History of Song of the Southern Dynasties nán cháo sòng or Liu Song liú sòng, sixth of the 24 dynastic histories èr shí sì shǐ, compiled by Shen Yue shén yuè in 488 during Liang of the Southern Dynasties nán cháo liáng, 100 scrolls
affidavit
treasured book
children's picture story book
bookmarklet (computing)
micropedia
government minister; high official
Book of History
ancient official title
Yuelu Academy in Changsha, Hunan, famous ancient academy
Epistle of St Paul to the Hebrews
First epistle of St Paul to the Thessalonians