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  *數* | 數* | *數
to count / to count as; to regard as / to enumerate; to list
HSK 2
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  *樹* | 樹* | *樹
tree / CL: / to cultivate / to set up
HSK 1
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  *束* | 束* | *束
to bind / bunch / bundle / classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc / to control
HSK 3
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  *書* | 書* | *書
book / letter / document / CL: , 冊|册, / to write
HSK 1
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  *鼠* | 鼠* | *鼠
(bound form) rat; mouse
HSK 5
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  *熟* | 熟* | *熟
ripe; mature / thoroughly cooked; done / familiar; acquainted / experienced; skilled / (of sleep etc) deep; profound / also pr. [shou2]
HSK 2
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  *屬* | 屬* | *屬
category / genus (taxonomy) / family members / dependents / to belong to / subordinate to / affiliated with / be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals) / to be / to prove to be / to constitute
HSK 3
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  *數* | 數* | *數
number; figure / several; a few
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  *輸* | 輸* | *輸
to lose; to be beaten / (bound form) to transport / (literary) to donate; to contribute / (coll.) to enter (a password)
HSK 3
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  *豎* | 豎* | *豎
to erect / vertical / vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
HSK 7-9
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  *丨* | 丨* | *丨
vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔
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  *述* | 述* | *述
(bound form) to state; to tell; to narrate; to relate
Liu Shan (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 / Taiwan pr. [Liu2 Chan2]
Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备 Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操 Wei as villains
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  *梳* | 梳* | *梳
to comb / (bound form) a comb
HSK 7-9
Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀漢|蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty
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  *姝* | 姝* | *姝
pretty woman
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  *束* | 束* | *束
surname Shu
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  *叔* | 叔* | *叔
uncle / father's younger brother / husband's younger brother / Taiwan pr. [shu2]
Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty / posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama
Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine
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  *裋* | 裋* | *裋
used in 裋褐
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  *暑* | 暑* | *暑
heat / hot weather / summer heat
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  *舒* | 舒* | *舒
surname Shu
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  *舒* | 舒* | *舒
to stretch / to unfold / to relax / leisurely
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  *書* | 書* | *書
abbr. for 書經|书经
Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
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  *黍* | 黍* | *黍
broomcorn millet / glutinous millet
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  *恕* | 恕* | *恕
to forgive
courtesy name of Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云, general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
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  *薯* | 薯* | *薯
potato / yam
Pi County, established during the Qin dynasty after the conquest of the ancient Shu Kingdom, historically known for its cultural heritage, strategic location, and culinary contributions, administratively reorganized in 2016 as Pidu District 郫都區|郫都区, a suburban district of Chengdu, Sichuan
Shu Qingchun (1899-1966), the real name of author Lao She 老舍
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  *钃* | 钃* | *钃
metal
the Prime Minister of Shu (i.e. Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮)
Shu Qi (1976-), Taiwanese actress
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  *殊* | 殊* | *殊
(literary) to kill; to behead; to sever; to separate; to surpass / (bound form) different / (bound form) special; remarkable / (literary) very; extremely
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  *紓* | 紓* | *紓
abundant / ample / at ease / relaxed / to free from / to relieve
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  *署* | 署* | *署
office / bureau / (Taiwan pr. [shu4]) to sign / to arrange
Sichuan / the state of Shu in Sichuan at different periods / the Shu Han dynasty (214-263) of Liu Bei 劉備|刘备 during the Three Kingdoms
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  *贖* | 贖* | *贖
to redeem / to ransom
HSK 7-9
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  *墅* | 墅* | *墅
villa
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  *淑* | 淑* | *淑
(bound form) (of women) gentle; kind; lovely; admirable / (used in given names) / Taiwan pr. [shu2]
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  *澍* | 澍* | *澍
moisture / timely rain
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  *蜀* | 蜀* | *蜀
short name for Sichuan 四川 province / one of the Three Kingdoms 三國|三国 after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢|蜀汉, situated around what is now Sichuan province
Uncle Tom's Cabin, translated and adapted by Lin Shu 林紓|林纾
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  *塾* | 塾* | *塾
private school
Kusha-shū (Japanese Buddhism school)
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  *鉥* | 鉥* | *鉥
acmite
Huang Zhong (-220), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, portrayed as an old fighter
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  *樞* | 樞* | *樞
(bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)
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  *秫* | 秫* | *秫
broomcorn millet (Panicum spp.) / Panicum italicum / glutinous millet
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  *翛* | 翛* | *翛
hastiness
Zhuge Liang (181–234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / (fig.) a mastermind
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  *疋* | 疋* | *疋
foot
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  *菽* | 菽* | *菽
legumes (peas and beans)
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  *孰* | 孰* | *孰
who / which / what
Lin Shu (1852-1924), writer and influential translator and adaptor of vast swathes of Western literature into Classical Chinese
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  *沭* | 沭* | *沭
river in Shandong
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  *蔬* | 蔬* | *蔬
vegetables
Ma Chao (176-222), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
courtesy name of Lin Shu 林紓|林纾
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  *毹* | 毹* | *毹
rug
Zi Wei Dou Shu, a form of Chinese fortune-telling
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  *綀* | 綀* | *綀
a kind of sackcloth
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  *尌* | 尌* | *尌
standing up / to stand (something) up
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  *庶* | 庶* | *庶
(bound form) ordinary; numerous / (bound form) pertaining to a concubine (contrasted with )
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  *攄* | 攄* | *攄
set forth / to spread
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  *杸* | 杸* | *杸
to kill / a spear
Shu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, claiming legitimacy as successor of Han
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  *襡* | 襡* | *襡
short skirt or tunic
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  *陎* | 陎* | *陎
surname Shu / (name of an ancient place)
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  *漱* | 漱* | *漱
to rinse one's mouth with water / to gargle
A-dou, nickname of Liu Shan 劉禪|刘禅 (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 / (fig.) weak and inept person
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  *倏* | 倏* | *倏
sudden / abrupt / Taiwan pr. [shu4]
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  *殳* | 殳* | *殳
surname Shu
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  *殳* | 殳* | *殳
bamboo or wooden spear / Kangxi radical 79, occurring in , , 殺|杀 etc
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  *疏* | 疏* | *疏
surname Shu
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  *疏* | 疏* | *疏
to dredge / to clear away obstruction / thin / sparse / scanty / distant (relation) / not close / to neglect / negligent / to present a memorial to the Emperor / commentary / annotation
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  *腧* | 腧* | *腧
(bound form) acupuncture point
"he failed to complete his quest before death" (line from the poem "The Premier of Shu" 蜀相 by Du Fu 杜甫)
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  *糬* | 糬* | *糬
used in 麻糬
Shu Menglan (1759-1835), Qin dynasty writer, poet and editor of Anthology of ci poems tunes 白香詞譜|白香词谱
the Qinling plank road to Shu, a historical mountain road from Shaanxi to Sichuan
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  *橾* | 橾* | *橾
the hole in the center of a wheel accommodating the axle (archaic)
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  *曙* | 曙* | *曙
(bound form) daybreak; dawn / Taiwan pr. [shu4]
lit. Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 and Cao Wei 曹魏 cannot coexist (idiom) / fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky / (former KMT slogan against CCP) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist"
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  *俞* | 俞* | *俞
variant of
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  *竪* | 竪* | *竪
variant of 豎|竖
HSK 7-9
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  *術* | 術* | *術
method / technique
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  *摴* | 摴* | *摴
dice / gambling / to release
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  *倐* | 倐* | *倐
variant of
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  *儵* | 儵* | *儵
variant of
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  *戍* | 戍* | *戍
garrison
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  *癙* | 癙* | *癙
illness caused by worry
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  *鼡* | 鼡* | *鼡
variant of
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  *抒* | 抒* | *抒
to express / to give expression to / variant of 紓|纾 / to relieve
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  *朮* | 朮* | *朮
variant of 術|术
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  *踈* | 踈* | *踈
variant of
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  *庻* | 庻* | *庻
old variant of

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