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Mythic Mandarin

束 (shù): meaning and stroke order

束 (shù) means to bind, bunch, bundle, classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc, to control.

束

Simplified
束
Traditional
束 (same form)
Pinyin
shù

Stroke order of 束

束

  • Shù surname Shu
  • shù to bind; bunch
  • 7 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 束

  1. shù
    • to bind
    • bunch
    • bundle
    • classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc
    • to control
  2. Shù
    • surname Shu

Radical and structure

束
Radical 木 (Kangxi radical 75) · 7 strokes · built from 木 and 口

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 束

束 in our stories

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  • 那年冬天，孙女在海边放了一束花。陆遥陪在她身边，看着平静的海面，就像日志上写的那样。

    nà nián dōngtiān sūnnǚ zài hǎibiān fàng le yí shù huā Lù Yáo péi zài tā shēnbiān kànzhe píngjìng de hǎimiàn jiù xiàng rìzhì shàng xiě de nàyàng

    That winter the granddaughter laid a bunch of flowers by the sea. Lu Yao stood beside her, looking at the calm water, just as the log had described it.

    From the story The storm that never was HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 束

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).