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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *书* | 书* | *书
book / letter / document / CL: , 冊|册, / to write
HSK 1
bookstore / CL:
HSK 1
schoolbag / satchel / bookbag / CL: 個|个, 隻|只
HSK 1
bookshelf / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
calligraphy / handwriting / penmanship
HSK 5
bookcase
HSK 5
desk / CL: 張|张
HSK 5
study (room) / studio / CL: 間|间
HSK 6
in writing; written
HSK 7-9
to write
HSK 7-9
secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party) / clerk / scribe
HSK 7-9
bookcase
HSK 7-9
books / works
HSK 7-9
written permission; written authorization
family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family
presidential award (received by university students in Taiwan for academic excellence)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *书* | 书* | *书
abbr. for 書經|书经
academy of classical learning (Tang Dynasty - Qing Dynasty)
spine of a book
letter / epistle
book review / book notice
book number (esp. ISBN)
booklist / bibliography / title catalogue / CL:
literary reputation
bookmark / CL: 張|张
teashop with performance by 評書|评书 story tellers / (attached to name of publishing houses) / (in former times) private school / library (of classic texts)
bookend
painting and calligraphy
page of a book
a reading group / press (i.e. publishing house)
books and periodicals; publications
book (chiefly used to refer to a plurality of books or books in general)
scholar / intellectual / egghead
calligraphy society / village school (old) / literary society (old)
bookworm
bookworm / pedant / bookish fool
calligraphic style / font
bookstore / publishing house
book cover / book jacket
a store room for books / fig. an erudite person / the Bibliotheca and Epitome of pseudo-Apollodorus
volume / scroll
name of a book / reputation as calligrapher
(literary) letter
writing desk / official record
written evidence
manuscript of a book
papers and books
the calligraphic community
letter / also written 書札|书札
letter
bookworm (literal and figurative) / book louse / pedant
header / top margin on a page
(Tw) (publishing) belly band (paper sash around a book, outside the dust jacket)
the Book of History, one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经, a compendium of documents which make up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the time of Confucius, also known as 尚書經|尚书经, 尚書|尚书, 書|书
corner of a page
extant work of a calligrapher
calligraphic style
great calligraphy master / the Sage of Calligraphy, traditional reference to Wang Xizhi 王羲之 (303-361)
calligrapher
bookend
book title
book contract
(writing) tablet
bookcase
lit. in books are sumptuous houses and graceful ladies (proverb) / fig. be diligent in your studies, success and glory will follow
written language
collected letters
I have much more to say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending) (idiom)
scholarly flavor / educated appearance
writing symbol
clerk of a law court
Chinese guillemet 《》(punct. used for names of books etc)
written language
variant of 書簡|书简
agraphia
book kiosk
letter / correspondence / slipcase
letter / wooden writing strips (arch.) / general term for letters and documents
calligrapher and painter
felt desk pad for calligraphy
erhua variant of 書皮|书皮
bookend
book lung (arachnid anatomy)
secretariat
teashop with performance by 評書|评书 story tellers
study (room)


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