书 (Shū): meaning and stroke order
书 (Shū) means abbr. for 书经, book, letter, document, CL:本册,部, to write.
书
- Simplified
- 书
- Traditional
- 書
- Pinyin
- Shū
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Stroke order of 书
书
- Shū abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]
- shū book; letter
- 4 strokes
- Traditional form: 書
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Meaning of 书
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Shū
Traditional 書
- abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]
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shū
Traditional 書
- book
- letter
- document
- CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]
- to write
Radical and structure
- 书
- Radical 乙 (Kangxi radical 5) · 4 strokes
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Words with 书
- 书本 shū běn book (chiefly used to refer to a plurality of books or books in general)
- 书生 shū shēng scholar; intellectual
- 书包 shū bāo schoolbag; satchel
- 书院 shū yuàn academy of classical learning (Tang Dynasty - Qing Dynasty)
- 书房 shū fáng study (room); studio
- 兵书 bīng shū a book on the art of war
- 书架 shū jià bookshelf; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 书店 shū diàn bookstore; CL:家[jia1]
- 读书 dú shū to read a book; to study
- 秘书 mì shū secretary
- 读书人 dú shū rén scholar; intellectual
- 图书馆 tú shū guǎn library; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4]
书 in our stories
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包里没有他的书。
bāo lǐ méiyǒu tā de shū
His books are not in the bag.
From the story Not my bag HSK 1
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杰克想买一本中文书，可是他不知道书店在哪儿。
Jiékè xiǎng mǎi yì běn Zhōngwén shū kěshì tā bù zhīdao shūdiàn zài nǎr
Jack wants to buy a Chinese book, but he doesn't know where the bookshop is.
From the story How do I get to the bookshop? HSK 2
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学校图书馆最近出了一件怪事：每个星期一早上，还书箱里都会多出一本旧书，书里夹着一朵干花。
xuéxiào túshūguǎn zuìjìn chū le yí jiàn guàishì měi gè xīngqīyī zǎoshang huánshūxiāng lǐ dōu huì duō chū yì běn jiù shū shū lǐ jiā zhe yì duǒ gān huā
Something odd had been happening at the university library: every Monday morning there was an extra old book in the return box, with a dried flower pressed inside.
From the story Flowers in the book return HSK 5
Where you learn it
书 appears in the vocabulary of our HSK 1 learning material. This is a Mythic Mandarin word list, not an official HSK list.
Stories using 书
- Not my bag HSK 1
- How do I get to the bookshop? HSK 2
- Flowers in the book return HSK 5
- Words written in rice water HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Jingwei fills the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- Fighting battles on paper HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).