shū

book, letter, document; writings

DEFINITIONS

  • book, letter, document
  • writings
  • abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]
  • book
  • letter
  • document
  • CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]
  • to write

STROKES

書 stroke order diagram

WORDS

shī shū the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1] and the Book of History 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]
說明 shuō míng shū (technical) manual; (book of) directions; synopsis (of a play or film); specification (patent); CL:本[ben3]
shuō shū folk art consisting of storytelling to music
請願 qǐng yuàn shū petition
證明 zhèng míng shū certificate
zhèng shū credentials; certificate
議定 yì dìng shū protocol; treaty
dú shū to read a book; to study; to attend school
人 dú shū rén scholar; intellectual
會 dú shū huì study group
機 dú shū jī audio-output reading machine
讀萬卷,行萬里路 dú wàn juàn shū , xíng wàn lǐ lù see 行萬里路,讀萬卷書|行万里路,读万卷书[xing2 wan4 li3 lu4 , du2 wan4 juan4 shu1]
財務秘 cái wù mì shū treasurer
券 gòu shū quàn book token
起訴 qǐ sù shū indictment (law); statement of charges (law)
cí shū dictionary; encyclopedia
學 cí shū xué lexicography
tōng shū almanac
lián shū to write without lifting one's pen from the paper; (in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces)
yí shū posthumous writing; testament; suicide note; ancient literature
huán shū return books
那鴻 nà hóng shū Book of Nahum
燕說 yǐng shū yān shuō lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it; fig. to misinterpret the original meaning; to pile up errors; refers to the letter from capital 郢[Ying3] of 楚[Chu3] in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of 燕[Yan1] as "promote the wise"
yī shū medical book
機 dìng shū jī stapler