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恕

shù

HSK 6 Character

What 恕 means

1. to forgive

Example sentences

• 公主向皇帝请求饶恕。
  Gōngzhǔ xiàng huángdì qǐngqiú ráoshù.
  The princess begged forgiveness from the emperor.
• 人皆有错，唯圣者能恕。
  Rén jiē yǒu cuò, wéi shèngzhě néng shù.
  To err is human, to forgive divine.
• 恕我直言：你犯了一个错。
  Shù wǒ zhíyán: nǐ fàn le yī gè cuò.
  Forgive me for being frank. You have erred.
• 恕我直言，你去年不也这幺说过？
  Not to be rude, but didn't you say that last year?

Words starting with 恕

• 恕罪shù zuìplease forgive me
• 恕我冒昧shù wǒ mào mèiif I may be so bold

Words containing 恕

• 饶恕ráo shùto forgive; to pardon; to spare
• 宽恕kuān shùto forgive; forgiveness
• 容恕róng shùto forgive; to pardon
• 忠恕zhōng shùloyalty and consideration for others; magnanimity (ideal virtues in Confucianism)
• 请求宽恕qǐng qiú kuān shùto sue for mercy; to ask for forgiveness; begging for magnanimity
• 乞恕qǐ shùto beg forgiveness

Characters built on 如

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

• 茹rúto eat; (extended meaning) to endure; putrid smell
• 絮xùcotton wadding; fig. padding; long-winded
• 铷rúrubidium (chemistry)
• 洳rùdamp; boggy; marshy

Characters that look like 恕

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

• 朗lǎngclear; bright
• 怒nùanger; fury; flourishing
• 铝lǚaluminum (chemistry)
• 栅zhàfence; also pr. shān
• 勉miǎnto exhort; to make an effort
• 躯qūhuman body

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
• 竖to erect; vertical; vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
• 庶(bound form) ordinary; numerous; (bound form) pertaining to a concubine (contrasted with 嫡
• 戍garrison
• 漱to rinse one's mouth with water; to gargle
• 沭river in Shandong
• 澍moisture; timely rain