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
书记	shū ji
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
腓立比书	Féi lì bǐ shū
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)
书斋	shū zhāi

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