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淑

shū

Character

What 淑 means

1. bound form(of women) gentle; kind; lovely; admirable
2. (used in given names)
3. Taiwan pr. shú

Example sentences

• 淑华说她明年想出国打工，结果被家人劝退。
  Shu-hwa said she wanted to work abroad next year, but her family talked her out of it.

Words starting with 淑

• 淑女shū nǚwise and virtuous woman; lady
• 淑世shū shìto make the world a better place
• 淑静shū jìnggentle; tender
• 淑女车shū nǚ chēladies bicycle
• 淑人君子shū rén jūn zivirtuous gentleman (idiom)

Words containing 淑

• 贤淑xián shū(of a woman) virtuous
• 周梁淑怡Zhōu Liáng Shū yíSelina Chow (Chow Liang Shuk-yee) (1945-), Hong Kong politician
• 遇人不淑yù rén bù shū(idiom) to be in a relationship with or marry a bad person…
• 娴淑xián shūladylike

Characters built on 叔

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

• 督dū(bound form) to supervise
• 菽shūlegumes (peas and beans)

Characters that look like 淑

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

• 教jiāoto teach; to instruct
• 救jiùto save; to assist; to rescue
• 租zūto hire; to rent; to charter
• 椒jiāopepper
• 耘yúnto weed
• 淞Sōngname of a river in Jiangsu Province

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
• 抒to express; to give expression to; variant of 纾
• 姝pretty woman
• 枢(bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)
• 倏sudden; abrupt; Taiwan pr. shù