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菽

shū

Character

What 菽 means

1. legumes (peas and beans)

Words containing 菽

• 不辨菽麦bù biàn shū màilit. cannot tell beans from wheat (idiom); fig. ignorant of practical matters
• 布帛菽粟bù bó shū sù(lit.) cloth, silk, beans and grain (idiom); (fig.) food and clothing; daily necessities

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
• 淑shū(bound form) (of women) gentle; kind; lovely; admirable; (used in given names)…

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
• 淑(bound form) (of women) gentle; kind; lovely; admirable; (used in given names)…
• 姝pretty woman
• 枢(bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)