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束
Shù
1. surname Shu
HSK 6 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 7 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

束
shù
to bind, to control, to restrain; bale
HSK 3 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

光束
guāngshù
light beam
多束
duōshù
multibeam (e.g. laser)
拘束
jūshù
to restrict
HSK 6
散束
sànshù
scattering of bundle (of electrons in vacuum tube)
束修
shùxiū
see [[束脩<shùxiū>]]
束带
shùdài
band
束手
shùshǒu
to have one's hands tied
束狭
shùxiá
narrow (of waterway)
束紧
shùjǐn
gird
束缚
shùfù
to bind
HSK 6
束脩
shùxiū
payment for private tutor
束腰
shùyāo
girdle
束腹
shùfù
corset
束衣
shùyī
corset (clothing)
束装
shùzhuāng
to bundle up (one's possessions for a journey)
束身
shùshēn
to bind oneself
束发
shùfà
to bind one's hair
检束
jiǎnshù
to regulate
波束
bōshù
beam
管束
guǎnshù
control

Alternate Entries

束
shù
to bind / bunch / bundle / classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc / to control
HSK 6

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
997
Word Frequency Rank
460 of 84,292