须 (xū): meaning and stroke order
须 (xū) means must, to have to, to wait, beard, mustache, feeler (of an insect etc), tassel.
须
- Simplified
- 须
- Traditional
- 須, 鬚
- Pinyin
- xū
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Stroke order of 须
须
- xū must; to have to
- xū beard; mustache
- 9 strokes
- Traditional form: 須
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Meaning of 须
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xū
Traditional 須
- must
- to have to
- to wait
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xū
Traditional 鬚
- beard
- mustache
- feeler (of an insect etc)
- tassel
Radical and structure
- 须
- Radical 页 (Kangxi radical 181) in its simplified form · 9 strokes · 彡 on the left, 页 on the right
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 须
- 必须 bì xū to have to; must
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).