must; to have to; beard

HSK 3 #444

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 444th character
Radical ⼺ (59.6)
Strokes 9
Index # 1585
TRADITIONAL ,

Definitions

须 xū
  1. 1. must
  2. 2. to have to
  3. 3. beard
  4. 4. mustache
  5. 5. to wait
  6. 6. feeler (of an insect etc)
  7. 7. tassel

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Words containing 须

Word Meaning
Yokosuka (port and navy base in the Tokyo bay)
Yokosuka City in Japan; Japanese port city
the gifted still need help from others
short period of time; a moment
to grow a beard as a symbol of one's determination (as Mei Lanfang méi lán fāng growing a beard and refusing to perform for the Japanese)
blue-bearded bee-eater bird
the one who caused it must fix it
hematite Fe2O3
Mount Sumeru, mythic Buddhist world mountain
Mount Meru, sacred mountain in Buddhism
aftershave
aftershave
fibrous roots
beard; whiskers
whiskers; mustache
(bird species of China) whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
hair and beard
baleen whale; Mysticeti