shū
loosen
A thread 糹 with some give 予; 予 also provides the pronunciation
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 紓
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
ample | ||
to sacrifice one's wealth to save the state (idiom) |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*l̥a | syo | shū | leisurely |
*Cə.laʔ | zyoX | shū | to be remiss |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4392nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+7D13 |
Shuowen | “紓，緩也。从糸，予聲。” |
Sources
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