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Mythic Mandarin

竖 (shù): meaning and stroke order

竖 (shù) means to erect, vertical, vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), variant of 竖.

竖

Simplified
竖
Traditional
豎, 竪
Pinyin
shù

Stroke order of 竖

竖

  • shù variant of 豎|竖[shu4]
  • shù to erect; vertical
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 竪

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 竖

  1. shù Traditional 豎
    • to erect
    • vertical
    • vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
  2. shù Traditional 竪
    • variant of 豎|竖[shu4]

Radical and structure

竖
Radical 立 (Kangxi radical 117) · 9 strokes

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.

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).