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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- shu4
- English meanings
- to erect, vertical, vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Top–bottom structure
Top–bottom arrangement: top (Left–right arrangement: left 刂; right 又.); bottom 立.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
book
uncle
villa
be
forgive; pardon
express; pour out
several
number; count
summer heat
dawn
book; write
skill; art; method
bunch
pivot; hub
wood
a comb
different; special
virtuous
ripe
sparse; dredge; neglect
office; sign; arrange
comfortable; stretch
vegetables
potato; yam
to redeem
lose
narrate; state
rat
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