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属

shǔ, zhǔ

class

Simplified form of 屬. Phonosemantic compound. 尾 represents the meaning and 蜀 represents the sound.

Components
尾 meaning component

尾  Meaning component

wěi, yǐ

  

tail

禹 simplified component

禹  Simplified component

yǔ

  

insect; proper name

Shorthand for the 蜀 component in the traditional character 屬.

Evolution

属 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
属 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

属 (屬) 

shǔ

class, category, type; to belong to; category; genus (taxonomy); family members; dependents; subordinate to; affiliated with; be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals); to be; to prove to be; to constitute

属 (屬) 

zhǔ

to join together; to fix one's attention on; to concentrate on

Most common words with 属
Freq.
Word
Meaning

属于

to belong to

金属

metal

属

category

家属

family member

下属

subordinate

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

嘱 瞩

Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 45.4109% of movies

951st most common character in movies

610th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Traditional

屬

Unicode

U+5C5E

Shuowen

“屬，連也。从尾，蜀聲。”


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