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擞

sǒu

Character Traditional 擻

What 擞 means

1. used in {抖擞|dǒu sǒu}

Other readings

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

• sòuto stoke the embers (to revive a fire); Taiwan pr. sǒu

Words containing 擞

• 精神抖擞jīng shén dǒu sǒuspirit trembling with excitement (idiom); in high spirits; lively and full of enthusiasm…
• 抖擞dǒu sǒuto rouse; to invigorate; to enliven
• 抖擞精神dǒu sǒu jīng shénto gather one's spirits; to pull oneself together

Characters that look like 擞

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

• 撤chèto remove; to take away
• 徽huībadge; emblem; insignia
• 辙zhérut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. chè); (colloquial) the direction of traffic…
• 朦méngused in 朦胧
• 墩dūnblock; gate pillar; pier
• 镦dūnupsetting (forged pieces)

Sounds the same

Read sǒu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 叟old gentleman; old man
• 薮marsh; gathering place
• 嗾to urge on; incite
• 瞍blind
• 䉤basket for draining rice
• 𫍲to induce