Memory phrase for the character: 书

书

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Meaning

book, letter, document

Pronunciation

shū

Explanation

This character was simplified from 書. It formerly showed a brush 聿 (hand

with a pen 丨), which writes lines 一 on a paper 口.

Mnemonic

With a brush in my hand I write the lines in the book.

Radicals

乙	at second position	Shows the number two 二 written quickly without lifting the pen.
聿	writing brush	Shows hand with a pen 丨, when two lines 二 to write.

Vocabulary

书记	shū ji	secretary; clerk

斐理伯书	Fěi lǐ bó shū	Epistle of St Paul to the Philipians
啃书	kěn shū	lit. to gnaw a book; to study; to cram
竺书	Zhú shū	Buddhist texts (archaic); scripture
楷书	kǎi shū	regular script (one of the calligraphic styles of Chinese characters)
腓立比书	Féi lì bǐ shū	Epistle of St Paul to the Philipians

诏书	zhào shū	edict; written imperial order
焚书	fén shū	to burn the books (one of the crimes of the first Emperor in 212 BC)
书斋	shū zhāi	study (room)

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