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 positionShows the number two 二 written quickly without lifting the pen.
聿 writing brushShows hand with a pen 丨, when two lines 二 to write.
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 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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