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曙

shǔ

Character

What 曙 means

1. bound formdaybreak; dawn
2. Taiwan pr. shù

Words starting with 曙

• 曙光shǔ guāngthe first light of dawn; (fig.) glimmer of hope after a dark period; a new beginning
• 曙色shǔ sèthe light of early dawn
• 曙红朱雀shǔ hóng zhū què(bird species of China) pink-rumped rosefinch (Carpodacus waltoni)

Words containing 曙

• 海曙区Hǎi shǔ QūHaishu, a district of Ningbo City 宁波市
• 海曙Hǎi shǔsee 海曙区

Characters built on 署

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

• 薯shǔpotato; yam
• 糬shǔused in 麻糬

Characters that look like 曙

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

• 糟zāodregs; draff; pickled in wine
• 瞻zhānto gaze; to view
• 瞳tóngpupil of the eye
• 镰lián(bound form) sickle
• 懵měng(bound form) confused; ignorant
• 躇chúused in 踌躇

Sounds the same

Read shǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 暑heat; hot weather; summer heat
• 属category; genus (taxonomy); family members
• 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
• 糬used in 麻糬
• 癙illness caused by worry
• 钃metal
• 鼡variant of 鼠