book / letter / document / CL: 本, 冊｜册, 部 / to write

tree / CL: 棵 / to cultivate / to set up

to lose / to transport / to donate / to enter (a password)

to count / to count as / to regard as / to enumerate (sb's shortcomings)

number / figure / several / CL: 個｜个

to erect / vertical / vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)

to bind / bunch / bundle / classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc / to control

variant of 豎｜竖

abbr. for 書經｜书经

surname Shu

to stretch / to unfold / to relax / leisurely

office / bureau / to sign / to arrange

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

cooked (of food) / ripe (of fruit) / mature (of seeds) / familiar / skilled / done / also pr. [shou2]

method / technique

abundant / ample / at ease / relaxed / to free from / to relieve

rat / mouse / CL: 隻｜只

see 豎筆｜竖笔

to forgive

variant of 腧

potato / yam

pretty woman

to state / to tell / to narrate / to relate

surname Shu

a comb / to comb

warm and virtuous / (used in given names) / Taiwan pr. [shu2]

uncle / father's younger brother / husband's younger brother / Taiwan pr. [shu2]

surname Shu

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

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

vegetables

different / unique / special / very / (classical) to behead / to die / to cut off / to separate / to surpass

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 魏 as villains

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 / mastermind

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

heat / hot weather / summer heat

who / which / what

Zi Wei Dou Shu, a form of Chinese fortune-telling

Shu Qi (1976-), Taiwanese actress

moisture / timely rain

to redeem / to ransom

Huang Zhong (-220), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, portrayed as an old fighter

to express / to give expression to / variant of 紓｜纾 / to relieve

numerous / common people (or populace) / born of a concubine

Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Shu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, claiming legitimacy as successor of Han

sudden / abrupt / Taiwan pr. [shu4]

metal

standing up / to stand (something) up

see 麻糬

set forth / to spread

variant of 漱

broomcorn millet (Panicum spp.) / Panicum italicum / glutinous millet

variant of 疏

villa

variant of 倏

a kind of sackcloth

acmite

hastiness

the hole in the center of a wheel accommodating the axle (archaic)

rug

courtesy name of Zhao Yun 趙雲｜赵云, general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms

dice / gambling / to release

variant of 倏

private school

to kill / a spear

old variant of 庶

archaic variant of 菽 / archaic variant of 叔

hinge / pivot

illness caused by worry

coarse clothing of camel's hair

short skirt or tunic

old variant of 舒 / old variant of 紓｜纾

to rinse one's mouth with water / to gargle

legumes (peas and beans)

variant of 鼠

Liu Chan 劉禪｜刘禅 (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263

daybreak / dawn / the dawn of a new epoch (metaphor) / Taiwan pr. [shu4]

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

A-dou, nickname of Liu Chan 劉禪｜刘禅 (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 / fig. weak and inept person

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

garrison

the Prime Minister of Shu (i.e. Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮｜诸葛亮)

insertion point in acupuncture / acupoint

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

broomcorn millet / glutinous millet

Ma Chao (176-222), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms

variant of 薯

surname Shu

bamboo or wooden spear / Kangxi radical 79, occurring in 段, 毅, 殺｜杀 etc

river in Shandong

foot

variant of 術｜术

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"

Shu Menglan (1759-1835), Qin dynasty writer, poet and editor of Anthology of ci poems tunes 白香詞譜｜白香词谱

Lin Shu (1852-1924), writer and influential translator and adaptor of vast swathes of Western literature into Classical Chinese

variant of 疏

Kusha-shū (Japanese Buddhism school)

Shu Qingchun (1899-1966), the real name of author Lao She 老舍

Uncle Tom's Cabin, translated and adapted by Lin Shu 林紓｜林纾