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赎

shú

Character Traditional 贖

What 赎 means

1. to redeem
2. to ransom

Example sentences

• 纳命来赎罪。
  Repay your sins with your life.
• 合作是人类唯一的救赎。
  The only thing that will redeem mankind is co-operation.
• 这部发生在破旧不堪小镇的救赎与希望之歌，是南非选送今年奥斯卡的作品，并入围了最佳外语片五强角逐。
  A gritty story of redemption and hope in a ramshackle urban township is the South African entry for this year's Academy Awards and one of the five finalists for Best Foreign Language Film.

Words starting with 赎

• 赎罪shú zuìto atone for one's crime; to buy freedom from punishment; redemption
• 赎金shú jīnransom
• 赎回shú huíto redeem
• 赎价shú jiàprice paid to redeem an object; (religion) price paid to redeem sb; ransom
• 赎款shú kuǎnransom
• 赎罪日Shú zuì rìYom Kippur or Day of Atonement (Jewish holiday)
• 赎罪日战争Shú zuì rì zhàn zhēngthe Yom Kippur war of October 1973 between Israel and her Arab neighbors

Words containing 赎

• 救赎jiù shúto redeem; redemption; salvation
• 找赎zhǎo shú(dialect) to give change
• 救赎主jiù shú zhǔRedeemer
• 将功赎罪jiāng gōng shú zuìto atone for one's crimes by meritorious acts
• 立功赎罪lì gōng shú zuìto redeem oneself; to atone
• 苦行赎罪kǔ xíng shú zuìpenance (to atone for a sin)
• 掳人勒赎lǔ rén lè shúto kidnap for ransom

Characters built on 卖

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

• 续xùto continue; to replenish
• 读dúto read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school)
• 渎dúdisrespectful; (literary) ditch
• 犊dúcalf; sacrificial victim
• 牍dúdocuments
• 黩dúblacken; constantly; to insult
• 椟dúcabinet; case; casket

Characters that look like 赎

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

• 赌dǔto bet; to gamble
• 滨bīn(bound form) water's edge; bank; shore; (bound form) to border on (a lake, river etc)
• 缤bīnused in 缤纷
• 猿yuánape
• 摈bìnto reject; to expel; to discard
• 骐qí(literary) black horse

Sounds the same

Read shú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 熟ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted
• 孰who; which; what
• 塾private school
• 秫glutinous sorghum
• 襡short skirt or tunic