宿
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lodge for the night; old; former
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #904 U+5BBF
How 宿 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A person 亻 sleeping in a bed 百 under a roof 宀
components: 宀 佰
How to remember it
stay overnight · Heisig RSH #2074
house + 人 person + 百 hundred
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 宿 as their sound component
These characters all use 宿 (sù) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宿 sound component | sù | to stop, to rest, to lodge; constellation |
| 缩 | suō | to withdraw, to shrink, to pull back; abbreviation |
| 蓿 | xù | alfalfa, clover, lucerne |
Words containing 宿
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宿城区 | Sù chéng Qū | Sucheng, a district of Suqian City 宿遷市|宿迁市[Su4 qian1 Shi4], Jiangsu |
| 宿州市 | Sù zhōu Shì | Suzhou, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省[An1 hui1 Sheng3] |
| 心宿二 | Xīn xiù èr | Antares, the brightest star in Scorpio 天蠍座|天蝎座[Tian1 xie1 zuo4] |
| 角宿一 | Jiǎo xiù yī | (astronomy) Spica |
| 星宿海 | Xīng xiù Hǎi | Xingxiuhai Basin in Qinghai, more than 4000m above sea level, featuring numerous lakes lar… |
| 胸无宿物 | xiōng wú sù wù | open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything; ingenuous |
| 八宿县 | Bā sù Xiàn | Pasho, a county in Chamdo City 昌都市[Chang1 du1 Shi4], Tibet |
| 二十八宿 | èr shí bā xiù | the twenty-eight constellations |
| 宿命通 | sù mìng tōng | (Buddhism) recollection of past lives; wisdom of past lives (one of six supernatural power… |
| 宿务语 | Sù wù yǔ | Cebuano (aka Bisaya), language spoken in parts of the Philippines |
| 双宿双飞 | shuāng sù shuāng fēi | lit. to rest and fly together (idiom); fig. to live in each other's pockets; to be insepar… |
| 宿松县 | Sù sōng Xiàn | Susong, a county in Anqing City 安慶市|安庆市[An1 qing4 Shi4], Anhui |
| 一宿 | yī xiǔ | one whole night; all night |
| 温宿县 | Wēn sù Xiàn | Onsu, a county in Aksu Prefecture 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区[A1 ke4 su1 Di4 qu1], Xinjiang |
| 宿分 | sù fèn | predestined relationship |
| 夜不归宿 | yè bù guī sù | to stay out all night (idiom) |
| 宿主 | sù zhǔ | (biology) host |
| 新宿 | Xīn sù | Shinjuku, Tokyo |
| 宿城 | Sù chéng | see 宿城區|宿城区[Su4 cheng2 Qu1] |
| 宿命论 | sù mìng lùn | fatalism; fatalistic |