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抒

shū

HSK 6 Character

What 抒 means

1. to express
2. to give expression to
3. variant of {纾|shū}
4. to relieve

Example sentences

• 我喜欢抒情诗多于史诗。
  Wǒ xǐhuan shūqíngshī duōyú shǐshī.
  I like lyric better than epic.

Words starting with 抒

• 抒情shū qíngto express emotion; lyric
• 抒发shū fāto express (an emotion); to give vent
• 抒情诗shū qíng shīlyric poetry
• 抒写shū xiěto express (emotions in prose); a written description (of emotions)
• 抒怀shū huáito express emotion

Words containing 抒

• 各抒己见gè shū jǐ jiàneveryone gives their own view
• 直抒胸臆zhí shū xiōng yìto speak one's mind

Characters built on 予

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

• 预yùto advance; in advance; beforehand
• 序xù(bound form) order; sequence; (bound form) introductory; initial; preface
• 舒shūto stretch; to unfold; to relax
• 豫yùhappy; carefree; at one's ease
• 纾shūabundant; ample; at ease
• 妤yúused in 婕妤
• 杼zhùshuttle of a loom

Characters that look like 抒

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

• 杆gǎnstick; pole; lever
• 拧níngto pinch; wring
• 抨pēngattack; impeach
• 祁qílarge; vast
• 狞níngfierce-looking
• 纾shūabundant; ample; at ease

Sounds the same

Read shū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 书book; letter; document
• 舒to stretch; to unfold; to relax
• 叔uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother
• 输to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute
• 殊(literary) to kill; to behead; to sever; to separate; to surpass; (bound form) different…
• 蔬vegetables
• 梳to comb; (bound form) a comb
• 疏to dredge; to clear away obstruction; thin
• 淑(bound form) (of women) gentle; kind; lovely; admirable; (used in given names)…
• 姝pretty woman
• 枢(bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)
• 倏sudden; abrupt; Taiwan pr. shù