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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
序 xù	序 \| 序* \| *序	(bound form) order; sequence / (bound form) introductory; initial / preface	HSK 7-9


需 xū	需 \| 需* \| *需	to require / to need / to want / necessity / need	HSK 7-9


虚 xū	虚 \| 虚* \| *虚	emptiness / void / abstract theory or guiding principles / empty or unoccupied / diffident or timid / false / humble or modest / (of health) weak / virtual / in vain	虛 HSK 7-9


续 xù	续 \| 续* \| *续	to continue / to replenish	續 HSK 7-9


许 xǔ	许 \| 许* \| *许	to allow / to permit / to promise / to praise / somewhat / perhaps	許 HSK 7-9


须 xū	须 \| 须* \| *须	must / to have to / to wait	須 HSK 7-9


须 xū	须 \| 须* \| *须	beard / mustache / feeler (of an insect etc) / tassel	鬚 HSK 7-9


张旭 Zhāng Xù	张旭 \| 张旭* \| *张旭	Zhang Xu (probably early 8th century), Tang dynasty poet and calligrapher, most famous for his grass script 草書｜草书	張旭


叙 Xù	叙 \| 叙* \| *叙	abbr. for Syria 敘利亞｜叙利亚	敘


叙 xù	叙 \| 叙* \| *叙	to narrate / to chat	敘


许 Xǔ	许 \| 许* \| *许	surname Xu	許


畜 xù	畜 \| 畜* \| *畜	to raise (animals)


徐 Xú	徐 \| 徐* \| *徐	surname Xu


徐 xú	徐 \| 徐* \| *徐	slowly / gently


恤 xù	恤 \| 恤* \| *恤	anxiety / sympathy / to sympathize / to give relief / to compensate	卹


恤 xù	恤 \| 恤* \| *恤	anxiety / sympathy / to sympathize / to give relief / to compensate


旭 xù	旭 \| 旭* \| *旭	dawn / rising sun


煦 xù	煦 \| 煦* \| *煦	balmy / nicely warm / cozy / Taiwan pr. [xu3]


说文解字 Shuōwén Jiězì	说文解字 \| 说文解字* \| *说文解字	Shuowen Jiezi, the original Han dynasty Chinese character dictionary with 10,516 entries, authored by Xu Shen 許慎｜许慎 in 2nd century	說文解字


戌 xū	戌 \| 戌* \| *戌	11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog / ancient Chinese compass point: 300°


绪 xù	绪 \| 绪* \| *绪	beginnings / clues / mental state / thread	緒


栩 xǔ	栩 \| 栩* \| *栩	used in 栩栩 / jolcham oak (Quercus serrata)


圩 xū	圩 \| 圩* \| *圩	(dialect) country fair / country market


叙 xù	叙 \| 叙* \| *叙	variant of 敘｜叙	敍


唐书 Tángshū	唐书 \| 唐书* \| *唐书	same as 舊唐書｜旧唐书, History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫｜刘昫 in 945 during Later Jin 後晉｜后晋 of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls	唐書


蓄 xù	蓄 \| 蓄* \| *蓄	to store up / to grow (e.g. a beard) / to entertain (ideas)


絮 xù	絮 \| 絮* \| *絮	cotton wadding / fig. padding / long-winded


吁 xū	吁 \| 吁* \| *吁	sh / hush


嘘 xū	嘘 \| 嘘* \| *嘘	to exhale slowly / to hiss / hush!	噓


顼 Xū	顼 \| 顼* \| *顼	surname Xu / Taiwan pr. [Xu4]	頊


顼 xū	顼 \| 顼* \| *顼	used in 顓頊｜颛顼 / used in 頊頊｜顼顼 / Taiwan pr. [xu4]	頊


胥 Xū	胥 \| 胥* \| *胥	surname Xu


胥 xū	胥 \| 胥* \| *胥	all / assist / to store


婿 xù	婿 \| 婿* \| *婿	son-in-law / husband


诩 xǔ	诩 \| 诩* \| *诩	to brag / popular / lovely	詡


恤 xù	恤 \| 恤* \| *恤	variant of 恤	䘏


恤 xù	恤 \| 恤* \| *恤	variant of 恤	賉


呴 xū	呴 \| 呴* \| *呴	breathe on / yawn / roar


康桥 Kāngqiáo	康桥 \| 康桥* \| *康桥	Cambridge (city), from a poem by Xu Zhimo 徐志摩	康橋


谞 xū	谞 \| 谞* \| *谞	(literary) ability and wisdom / scheme / stratagem	諝


慉 xù	慉 \| 慉* \| *慉	to foster / to bear


媭 xū	媭 \| 媭* \| *媭	(dialect) elder sister (old)	嬃


珝 xǔ	珝 \| 珝* \| *珝	a kind of jade


勖 xù	勖 \| 勖* \| *勖	exhort / stimulate


喣 xǔ	喣 \| 喣* \| *喣	to breathe upon


溆 xù	溆 \| 溆* \| *溆	name of a river	漵


盱 Xū	盱 \| 盱* \| *盱	surname Xu


盱 xū	盱 \| 盱* \| *盱	anxious / stare


酗 xù	酗 \| 酗* \| *酗	drunk


醑 xǔ	醑 \| 醑* \| *醑	spiritus / strain spirits


蓿 xù	蓿 \| 蓿* \| *蓿	clover / lucerne / Taiwan pr. [su4]


洫 xù	洫 \| 洫* \| *洫	to ditch / a moat


魆 xū	魆 \| 魆* \| *魆	dim; dark / sudden / surreptitious / Taiwan pr. [xu4]


嬬 xū	嬬 \| 嬬* \| *嬬	mistress, concubine / weak


芧 xù	芧 \| 芧* \| *芧	Scirpis maritimus / small chestnut


旴 xū	旴 \| 旴* \| *旴	dawn


糈 xǔ	糈 \| 糈* \| *糈	official pay / sacrificial rice


冔 xǔ	冔 \| 冔* \| *冔	cap of Yin dynasty


歔 xū	歔 \| 歔* \| *歔	to snort


墟 xū	墟 \| 墟* \| *墟	ruins / (literary) village / variant of 圩 / country fair


欻 xū	欻 \| 欻* \| *欻	suddenly / also pr. [hu1]


砉 xū	砉 \| 砉* \| *砉	sound of flaying


獝 xù	獝 \| 獝* \| *獝	(literary) (of birds) to scatter in fear / (literary) wild; unrestrained


訹 xù	訹 \| 訹* \| *訹	to beguile with false stories


縃 xū	縃 \| 縃* \| *縃	fine silk


欨 xū	欨 \| 欨* \| *欨	(literary) to blow or breathe upon / happy


侐 xù	侐 \| 侐* \| *侐	still / silent


藇 Xù	藇 \| 藇* \| *藇	surname Xu


藇 xù	藇 \| 藇* \| *藇	beautiful


婿 xù	婿 \| 婿* \| *婿	variant of 婿	壻


勗 xù	勗 \| 勗* \| *勗	exhort / stimulate


藚 xù	藚 \| 藚* \| *藚	Alisma plantago


鄦 Xǔ	鄦 \| 鄦* \| *鄦	surname Xu / vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046-221 BC)


姁 xǔ	姁 \| 姁* \| *姁	chatter like old woman / cheerful


湑 xǔ	湑 \| 湑* \| *湑	abundant / bright / strain spirits


鱮 xù	鱮 \| 鱮* \| *鱮	Hypophthalmichthys moritrix


鑐 xū	鑐 \| 鑐* \| *鑐	bolt of a Chinese lock


垿 xù	垿 \| 垿* \| *垿	earthern goblet stand also known as 反坫 (old) / old variant of 序


蝑 xū	蝑 \| 蝑* \| *蝑	used in 蜙蝑


続 xù	続 \| 続* \| *続	Japanese variant of 續｜续


徐福 Xú Fú	徐福 \| 徐福* \| *徐福	Xu Fu (3rd century BC), Qin dynasty court necromancer


裇 xū	裇 \| 裇* \| *裇	see T裇


歘 xū	歘 \| 歘* \| *歘	variant of 欻


殈 xù	殈 \| 殈* \| *殈	damage egg so it does not hatch


緖 xù	緖 \| 緖* \| *緖	variant of 緒｜绪


昫 xù	昫 \| 昫* \| *昫	variant of 煦 / balmy / nicely warm / cozy


鄦 xǔ	鄦 \| 鄦* \| *鄦	old variant of 許｜许


许慎 Xǔ Shèn	许慎 \| 许慎* \| *许慎	Xu Shen (-147) the compiler of the original Han dynasty dictionary Shuowen Jiezi 說文解字｜说文解字	許慎


林旭 Lín Xù	林旭 \| 林旭* \| *林旭	Lin Xu (1875-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898


徐霞客 Xú Xiákè	徐霞客 \| 徐霞客* \| *徐霞客	Xu Xiake (1587-1641), Ming dynasty travel writer and geographer, author of Xu Xiake's Travel Diaries 徐霞客遊記｜徐霞客游记


徐志摩 Xú Zhìmó	徐志摩 \| 徐志摩* \| *徐志摩	Xu Zhimo (1897-1931), writer and poet


徐渭 Xú Wèi	徐渭 \| 徐渭* \| *徐渭	Xu Wei (1521-1593), Ming dynasty Chinese painter and author


徐俊 Xú Jùn	徐俊 \| 徐俊* \| *徐俊	Xu Jun (1962-), Chinese Chinese chess grandmaster


旧唐书 Jiù Tángshū	旧唐书 \| 旧唐书* \| *旧唐书	History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫｜刘昫 in 945 during Later Jin 後晉｜后晋 of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls	舊唐書


刘昫 Liú Xù	刘昫 \| 刘昫* \| *刘昫	Liu Xu (887-946), politician in Later Jin of the Five Dynasties 後晉｜后晋, compiled History of Early Tang Dynasty 舊唐書｜旧唐书	劉昫


徐世昌 Xú Shìchāng	徐世昌 \| 徐世昌* \| *徐世昌	Xu Shichang (1855-1939), politician associated with the Northern Warlords, president of China in 1921


徐铉 Xú Xuàn	徐铉 \| 徐铉* \| *徐铉	Xu Xuan (-991), author of commentaries on Shuowen Jiezi 說文解字註｜说文解字注	徐鉉


江南四大才子 Jiāngnánsìdàcáizǐ	江南…才子 \| 江南…才子* \| *江南…才子	Four great southern talents of the Ming, namely: Tang Bohu 唐伯虎, Zhu Zhishan 祝枝山, Wen Zhengming 文徵明｜文征明 and Xu Zhenqing 徐禎卿｜徐祯卿


许地山 Xǔ Dìshān	许地山 \| 许地山* \| *许地山	Xu Dishan (1893-1941), journalist, publisher and novelist	許地山


徐星 Xú Xīng	徐星 \| 徐星* \| *徐星	Xu Xing (1969-), Chinese palaeontologist / Xu Xing (1956-), Chinese short story writer

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