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鼠
shǔ
1. rat
2. mouse
3. CL:[[隻|只<zhī>]]
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 13 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

鼠
shǔ
rat, mouse
HSK 5 13 丶

Compound Words (20)

田鼠
tiánshǔ
vole
睡鼠
shuìshǔ
dormouse
鼠标
shǔbiāo
mouse (computing)
HSK 5
鼠年
shǔnián
Year of the Rat (e.g. 2008)
鼠妇
shǔfù
woodlouse
飞鼠
fēishǔ
flying squirrel
子鼠
zǐshǔ
Year 1, year of the Rat (e.g. 2008)
负鼠
fùshǔ
opossum (zoo.)
老鼠
lǎoshǔ
rat
HSK 5
豚鼠
túnshǔ
guinea pig (Cavia porcellus)
袋鼠
dàishǔ
kangaroo
葵鼠
kuíshǔ
guinea pig
鼹鼠
yǎnshǔ
mole (zoology)
鼯鼠
wúshǔ
flying squirrel
仓鼠
cāngshǔ
hamster
小鼠
xiǎoshǔ
mouse
鼠药
shǔyào
rat poison
鼠胆
shǔdǎn
cowardly
鼠窜
shǔcuàn
to scamper off
鼬鼠
yòushǔ
weasel

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,692
Word Frequency Rank
2,121 of 84,292

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