Chinese Character Wiki
术

shù, zhú

art

Original meaning: 

city road

Simplified form of 術. Phonosemantic compound. 行 represents the meaning and 朮 represents the sound. The traditional component 行 was removed for simplification. Based on the original meaning "city road". The meaning later shifted to "way", "method", "technique", and "skill".

Components
行 deleted component

行  Deleted component

xíng, háng

  

walk

The traditional component 行 was removed for simplification.

朮 sound component

朮  Sound component

shù, zhú

  

glutinous millet

Evolution

术 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
术 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
术 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
术 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

术 (術) 

shù

art, skill, special feat; method, technique; method; technique

术 (術) 

zhú

various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea

Most common words with 术
Freq.
Word
Meaning

技术

technology

手术

surgery

艺术

art

术

method

艺术家

artist

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (1 verified)

述 怵 沭

Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 57.9369% of movies

522nd most common character in movies

328th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Traditional

術

Unicode

U+672F

Shuowen

“秫，稷之黏者。从禾、术，象形。术，秫或省禾。”


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