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属

shǔ

HSK 5 Character Traditional 屬

What 属 means

1. category
2. genus (taxonomy)
3. family members
4. dependents
5. to belong to
6. subordinate to
7. affiliated with
8. be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals)
9. to be
10. to prove to be
11. to constitute

Other readings

属 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhǔto join together; to fix one's attention on; to concentrate on

Example sentences

• 它属于我兄弟。
  It belongs to my brother.
• 铁是一种金属。
  Iron is a metal.
• 苹果属于水果。
  Apples are fruit.
• 铜和银都是金属。
  Tóng hé yín dōu shì jīnshǔ.
  Copper and silver are both metals.
• 冰岛曾属于丹麦。
  Bīngdǎo céng shǔyú Dānmài.
  Iceland belonged to Denmark.
• 酸性腐蚀了金属。
  Suānxìng fǔshí le jīnshǔ.
  The acid ate into the metal.

Words starting with 属

• 属于shǔ yúto belong to; to fall under (a category)
• 属性shǔ xìngattribute; property
• 属实shǔ shíto turn out to be true; verified; true
• 属下shǔ xiàsubordinate; affiliated to; subsidiary
• 属地shǔ dìdependency; possession; annexed territory
• 属相shǔ xiàngcolloquial term for 生肖
• 属世shǔ shìof this world
• 属员shǔ yuán(old) subordinates (under sb's authority)
• 属国shǔ guóvassal state
• 属意zhǔ yìto set one's heart on; to set one's choice on
• 属文zhǔ wénto write prose
• 属格shǔ gégenitive case (in grammar)
• 属音shǔ yīndominant (music)
• 属灵shǔ língspiritual
• 属吏shǔ lì(old) subordinate; underling
• 属象shǔ xiàngvariant of 属相

Words containing 属

• 金属jīn shǔmetal
• 家属jiā shǔfamily member; (family) dependent
• 下属xià shǔsubordinate; underling
• 附属fù shǔsubsidiary; auxiliary; attached
• 所属suǒ shǔone's affiliation (i.e. the organization one is affiliated with)…
• 亲属qīn shǔkin; kindred; relatives
• 纯属chún shǔto be purely; pure and simple; sheer
• 归属guī shǔto belong to; to be affiliated to; to fall under the jurisdiction of
• 直属zhí shǔdirectly subordinate
• 隶属lì shǔto be subordinate to; to be under the jurisdiction of
• 实属shí shǔ(to) really (be)
• 眷属juàn shǔfamily member; husband and wife
• 专属zhuān shǔto belong or be dedicated exclusively to; proprietary; private; personal
• 重金属zhòng jīn shǔheavy metal
• 部属bù shǔtroops under one's command; subordinate; affiliated to a ministry
• 从属cóng shǔsubordinate
• 归属感guī shǔ gǎnsense of belonging
• 有色金属yǒu sè jīn shǔnon-ferrous metals (all metals excluding iron, chromium, manganese and their alloys)
• 直系亲属zhí xì qīn shǔnext of kin; immediate dependant
• 分属fēn shǔclassification
• 独属dú shǔbelonging exclusively to; exclusively for; reserved to
• 统属tǒng shǔsubordination; line of command
• 军属jūn shǔmilitary family member; dependent of a servicemember…
• 配属pèi shǔtroops attached to a unit

Characters built on 禹

These share the phonetic component 禹 (Yǔ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 龋qǔdecayed teeth; dental caries
• 踽jǔhunchbacked; walk alone

Characters that look like 属

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 最zuì(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之
• 雇gùto employ; to hire; to rent
• 幕mùcurtain or screen; canopy or tent; headquarters of a general
• 廉liánincorruptible; honest; inexpensive
• 焉yānwhere; how
• 孱cànused in 孱头

Sounds the same

Read shǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 暑heat; hot weather; summer heat
• 鼠(bound form) rat; mouse
• 署office; bureau; (Taiwan pr. shù) to sign
• 蜀short name for Sichuan 四川; one of the Three Kingdoms 三国
• 数to count; to count as; to regard as; to enumerate; to list
• 薯potato; yam
• 黍broomcorn millet; glutinous millet
• 曙(bound form) daybreak; dawn; Taiwan pr. shù
• 糬used in 麻糬
• 癙illness caused by worry
• 钃metal
• 鼡variant of 鼠