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书
書
shū
1.
book
2.
letter
3.
document
4.
CL:[[本<běn>]], [[冊|册<cè>]], [[部<bù>]]
5.
to write
HSK 1
Very Common • Top 1%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
K书
Kshū
to cram (Taiwan, from Taiwanese khè su [[齧書]], lit. to gnaw a book)
上书
shàngshū
to write a letter (to the authorities)
代书
dàishū
to write for sb else
但书
dànshū
proviso
佛书
Fóshū
Buddhist texts
伪书
wěishū
forged book
全书
quánshū
entire book
六书
liùshū
Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen [[說文|说文]] - namely, two primary methods: [[象形]] (pictogram), [[指事]] (ideogram), two compound methods: [[會意|会意]] (combined ideogram), [[形聲|形声]] (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: [[假借]] (loan), [[轉注|转注]] (transfer)
兵书
bīngshū
a book on the art of war
出书
chūshū
to publish books
丛书
cóngshū
a series of books
古书
gǔshū
ancient book
史书
shǐshū
history book
周书
Zhōushū
History of Zhou of the Northern Dynasties, twelfth of the 24 dynastic histories [[二十四史<ÈrshísìShǐ>]], compiled under Linghu Defen [[令狐德棻<LínghúDéfēn>]] in 636 during Tang Dynasty, 50 scrolls
唐书
Tángshū
same as [[舊唐書|旧唐书<JiùTángshū>]], History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories [[二十四史<ÈrshísìShǐ>]], compiled under Liu Xu [[劉昫|刘昫<LiúXù>]] in 945 during Later Jin [[後晉|后晋<HòuJìn>]] of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls
啃书
kěnshū
lit. to gnaw a book
四书
Sìshū
Four Books, namely: the Great Learning [[大學|大学]], the Doctrine of the Mean [[中庸]], the Analects of Confucius [[論語|论语]], and Mencius [[孟子]]
国书
guóshū
credentials (of a diplomat)
图书
túshū
books (in a library or bookstore)
地书
dìshū
writing on the ground with a large brush dipped in water
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 281
- Word Frequency Rank
- 535 of 84,292