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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)

束修
shùxiū
see [[束脩<shùxiū>]]
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