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ㄕㄨ

shū

book

书 is a 4 stroke, simplified Chinese character and is pronounced as shū in the first tone.

In traditional Chinese the character is used.

  • ㄕㄨ

    shū

    book

    • ?

      • ?

      • ㄍㄨㄣ ˇ

        gǔn

        line

    • ㄓㄨ ˇ

      zhǔ

      dot

2 stories have been written about this character — see all
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Two shelves holding one book
by Ulrike

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After all, a book with its stories it's only made by some dots and lines.
by scaccabarrozzi

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Pronunciation

We found 1 pronunciation for 书

Definitions for 书 pronounced as shū

  • abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]
  • book
  • letter
  • document
  • CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]
  • to write

Vocabulary

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