shǔ
public office
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 署
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to sign (an agreement) | ||
to dispose | ||
office | ||
to sign (a signature) | ||
general office |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*m-taʔ-s | dzyoH | shǔ | to place; position |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 11.1485% of movies
1822nd most common character in movies
1379th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Unicode | U+7F72 |
Shuowen | “署,部署,有所网屬。从网,者聲。” |
Sources
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