IDENTITY
书shūbook; writing
HSK 1Top 190
CORE MEANING
book; writing
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.bookHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 乙second radical (yǐ)
- strokes
- 4
- Structure
- overlay compound
- IDS sequence
- 书
USAGE
Common words
看书kàn shūto read
书店shūdiànbookstore
书包shūbāoschoolbag
Graded examples
我喜欢看书。Wǒ xǐhuan kàn shū.HSK1
I like reading.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
Brush strokes over cloth — writing and books.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #190
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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