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輸

shū

transport

Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 俞 represents the sound.

Components
車 meaning component

車  Meaning component

chē, jū

  

vehicle

俞 sound component

俞  Sound component

yú, shù

  

surname

Evolution

輸 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
輸 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
輸 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

输 (輸) 

shū

transport, carry, haul; to lose; to transport; to donate; to enter (a password)

Most common words with 輸
Freq.
Word
Meaning

输

to lose

运输

transport

输入

to import

输出

to export

传输

to transmit

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*l̥o

syu

shū

convey (v.); lose


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 36.2486% of movies

973rd most common character in movies

939th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Simplified

输

Unicode

U+8F38

Shuowen

“輸，委輸也。从車，俞聲。”


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