梭

(textiles) shuttle

11 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,681 U+68AD

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 (semantic, “wood”) + 夋 (phonetic)

components: 木夋

shuttle · Heisig RSH #2475

木 tree + streetwalker

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 夋

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 夋 (—) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
夋 sound component	—	to dawdle; the emperor Yao's father
俊	jùn	talented, capable; handsome
峻	jùn	high, steep, towering; stern
浚	jùn	to dredge
唆	suō	to make mischief; to instigate, to incite
焌	jùn	to ignite, to light
竣	jùn	to terminate, to finish, to end; to quit
骏	jùn	an excellent horse; a noble steed
逡	qūn	to withdraw, to retreat, to fall back
黢	qū	black
悛	quān	to repent; to reform
狻	suān	a fabulous beast
皴	cūn	chapped, cracked
睃	suō	to squint at

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
日月如梭	rì yuè rú suō	the sun and moon like a shuttle (idiom); How time flies!
梭子鱼	suō zi yú	barracuda
时空穿梭	shí kōng chuān suō	time travel
太空梭	tài kōng suō	space shuttle
岁月如梭	suì yuè rú suō	time flies (idiom)
摩梭族	Mó suō zú	Mosuo ethnic group of Yunnan and Sichuan
肉毒梭状芽孢杆菌	ròu dú suō zhuàng yá bāo gǎn jūn	Clostridium botulinum
梭子	suō zi	(textiles) shuttle; cartridge clip; classifier for bullet clips and bursts of gunfire
梭鱼	suō yú	barracuda
梭哈	suō hā	five-card stud (card game) (from English "show hand")
梭标	suō biāo	variant of 梭鏢\|梭镖[suo1 biao1]
摩梭	Mó suō	Mosuo ethnic group of Yunnan and Sichuan
穿梭	chuān suō	to shuttle back and forth
卢梭	Lú suō	Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), Enlightenment philosopher
梭梭	suō suō	saxaul; sacsaoul (Haloxylon ammodendron)
梭镖	suō biāo	spear