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HSK 3
叔
shū
1.
uncle
2.
father's younger brother
3.
husband's younger brother
4.
Taiwan pr. <shú>
Very Common • Top 4%
✏️ 8 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
叔父
shūfù
father's younger brother
叔祖
shūzǔ
grandfather's younger brother
伯叔
bóshū
father's brother (uncle)
大叔
dàshū
eldest of father's younger brothers
家叔
jiāshū
(polite) my uncle (father's younger brother)
小叔
xiǎoshū
husband's younger brother
叔伯
shūbai
(of cousins) descending from the same grandfather or great-grandfather
叔公
shūgōng
great uncle
叔叔
shūshu
father's younger brother
叔婆
shūpó
aunt by marriage
叔子
shūzi
brother-in-law
叔岳
shūyuè
wife's uncle
表叔
biǎoshū
son of grandfather's sister
叔母
shūmǔ
aunt
怪叔叔
guàishūshu
queer uncle, referring to a young to middle-aged male pedophile (Internet slang)
王叔文
WángShūwén
Wang Shuwen (735-806), famous Tang dynasty scholar, Go player and politician, a leader of failed Yongzhen Reform [[永貞革新|永贞革新<YǒngzhēnGéxīn>]] of 805
叔丈人
shūzhàngrén
wife's uncle
叔丈母
shūzhàngmǔ
wife's aunt
叔本华
Shūběnhuá
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German post-Kantian philosopher
叔祖母
shūzǔmǔ
wife of paternal grandfather's younger brother
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 3
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,421
- Word Frequency Rank
- 3,198 of 84,292