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梳

shū

HSK 5 Character

What 梳 means

1. to comb
2. bound forma comb

Example sentences

• 这是梳子。
  It's a comb.
• 她在梳头发。
  She is brushing her hair.
• 汤姆梳头了。
  Tom combed his hair.
• 汤姆梳了头。
  Tom combed his hair.
• 梳理你的头发。
  Comb your hair.
• 我的梳子在哪里呢？
  Where is my comb?

Words starting with 梳

• 梳子shū zicomb
• 梳理shū lǐto comb; fig. to sort out
• 梳头shū tóuto comb one's hair; to comb sb's hair
• 梳洗shū xǐto wash and groom oneself; to freshen up
• 梳妆台shū zhuāng táidressing table
• 梳妆shū zhuāngto dress and groom oneself
• 梳化shū huà(film and TV) hair and makeup
• 梳弄shū nòng(old) to deflorate a prostitute
• 梳乎厘shū hū lí(Hong Kong; loanword) soufflé
• 梳妆室shū zhuāng shìboudoir; lady's dressing room
• 梳芙厘shū fú lísoufflé (loanword)
• 梳篦shū bìcombs (in general); (archaic) to comb one's hair

Words containing 梳

• 燕梳yàn shū(dialect) insurance (loanword)
• 爬梳pá shūto comb through (historical documents etc); to unravel
• 头梳tóu shūcomb

Characters built on 㐬

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

• 疏shūto dredge; to clear away obstruction; thin
• 毓yù(literary) to produce; to foster; to nurture

Characters that look like 梳

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

• 税shuìtaxes; duties
• 械xièappliance; tool; weapon
• 桃táopeach
• 挽wǎnto pull; to draw (a cart or a bow); to roll up
• 棘jíthorns
• 桅wéimast

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
• 疏to dredge; to clear away obstruction; thin
• 抒to express; to give expression to; variant of 纾
• 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