shū

relax

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
舍 meaning component

  Meaning component

shèshě

  

residence

予 sound component

  Sound component

  

give

Evolution

舒 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
舒 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
舒 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
舒 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

shū

open up, unfold, stretch out; comfortable, easy; to stretch; to unfold; to relax; leisurely

 

Shū

surname Shu

Most common words with 舒
Freq.
Word
Meaning

舒服

comfortable

舒适

cozy

不舒服

unwell

to stretch

舒马赫

Michael Schumacher (1969-), former German racing driver

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*l̥a

syo

shū

slow, easy


Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 34.4866% of movies

1153rd most common character in movies

1459th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+8212

Shuowen

“舒,伸也。从舍,从予,予亦聲。一曰:舒,緩也。”


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