殳 - shū - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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4 strokes
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殳

shū

Definition

meaning component (actions, hand-related...)
radical (Kang Xi 79)
linked to the character 手
spear (archaic)
ancient weapon made of bamboo

Character Decomposition

Compounds (32)

没

méi

to not have; haven't; have not; do not have; don't have; not (negative prefix for verbs in the past and for 有 only); there is not; to be without

股

gǔ

share; portion; part; thigh; classifier (for smells, electric currents, spirals etc); measure word; whiff; low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科

段

duàn

period (of time); segment; section; part; paragraph; stage (of a process); classifier (for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc)

投

tóu

to send; to throw; to throw oneself (into the river etc); to fling; to hurl; to put in; to insert; to drop; to cast; to project; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of

般

bān

sort; kind; type; class; way; manner

设

shè

to set up; to arrange; to establish; to found; to display

毁

huǐ

to destroy; to damage; to ruin; to defame; to slander

殿

diàn

(palace) hall; palace; temple