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庶

shù

Character

What 庶 means

1. bound formordinary; numerous
2. bound formpertaining to a concubine (contrasted with {嫡|dí})

Other readings

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

• shùold variant of {庶|shù}

Words starting with 庶

• 庶民shù mínthe multitude of common people (in highbrow literature); plebeian
• 庶子shù zǐson born of a concubine
• 庶出shù chūborn of a concubine (rather than of the wife)
• 庶妻shù qīconcubine
• 庶室shù shìconcubine
• 庶几shù jī(literary) similar; almost; (literary) if only; it is to be hoped that; (literary) maybe…
• 庶吉士shù jí shìtitle of the temporary position in the Hanlin Academy 翰林院

Words containing 庶

• 富庶fù shùpopulous and affluent
• 黎庶lí shùpopulace; masses; the people

Characters built on 灬

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

• 熟shúripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted
• 煮zhǔto cook; to boil
• 煦xùbalmy; nicely warm; cozy

Characters that look like 庶

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

• 康kānghealthy; peaceful; abundant
• 痛tòngache; pain; sorrow
• 疲píweary
• 逸yì(bound form) to flee; to escape; (bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages)…
• 疽jūgangrene
• 痍yíbruise; sores

Sounds the same

Read shù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 数number; figure; several; a few
• 树tree; to cultivate; to set up
• 术method; technique
• 述(bound form) to state; to tell; to narrate; to relate
• 束to bind; bunch; bundle
• 墅villa
• 恕to forgive
• 竖to erect; vertical; vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
• 戍garrison
• 漱to rinse one's mouth with water; to gargle
• 沭river in Shandong
• 澍moisture; timely rain