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宿

sù, xiǔ, xiù

lodge, sleep overnight

Depicts a person (亻) sleeping on a bamboo mat (㐁) under a roof (宀).

Components
宀 iconic component

宀  Iconic component

mián

  

roof

亻 iconic component

亻  Iconic component

rén

  

person

㐁 iconic component

㐁  Iconic component

tiàn

  

a mat

Depicts a bamboo mat. Later corrupted to unrelated 百.

Evolution

宿 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
宿 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
宿 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
宿 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
宿 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

宿  

sù

stop, rest, lodge, stay overnight; constellation; lodge for the night; old; former

宿  

Sù

surname Su

宿  

xiǔ

night; classifier for nights

宿 (㝛) 

sù

old variant of 宿[sù]

Most common words with 宿
Freq.
Word
Meaning

宿舍

dormitory

宿

old

住宿

to stay at

归宿

home

寄宿

to stay

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

縮 缩 蓿

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[s]uk

sjuwk

sù

spend the night

*[s]uk-s

sjuwH

xiù

"mansion" of the zodiac (where the moon is found on successive nights)


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 13.1988% of movies

1772nd most common character in movies

1752nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+5BBF

Shuowen

“，止也。从宀，聲。，古文夙。”


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