抒 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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shū

express

Phonosemantic compound. 予 represents the meaning and 扌 represents the sound.

Components

予 Meaning component

yǔ, yú

give

扌 Sound component

shou, shǒu

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

shū

express; eliminate; relieve; to express; to give expression to; variant of 紓|纾[shū]; to relieve

Most common words with 抒

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	抒情	lyric
	抒发	to give vent
	抒	to express
	各抒己见	everyone gives their own view
	抒情诗	lyric poetry

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*Cə-laʔ	zyoX	shū	remove (v.)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3071st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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