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屬

shǔ, zhǔ

class, category

Phonosemantic compound. 尾 represents the meaning and 蜀 represents the sound.

Components
尾 meaning component

尾  Meaning component

wěi, yǐ

  

tail

蜀 sound component

蜀  Sound component

shǔ

  

short name for Sichuan

Evolution

屬 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
屬 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 屬
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)

囑 矚

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*N-tok

dzyowk

shǔ

be attached to

*tok

tsyowk

zhǔ

attach (v.t.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 45.4109% of movies

951st most common character in movies

610th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

21

Simplified

属

Unicode

U+5C6C

Shuowen

“屬，連也。从尾，蜀聲。”


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