淑
(bound form) (of women) gentle; kind; lovely; admirable; (used in given names); Taiwan pr. [shu2]
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,277 U+6DD1
How 淑 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 叔 (phonetic, shū)
How to remember it
graceful · Heisig RSH #1894
水 water + 叔 uncle
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 叔
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 叔 (shū) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 叔 sound component | shū | uncle; father's younger brother |
| 椒 | jiāo | pepper, spice |
| 督 | dū | to supervise, to oversee, to direct |
| 寂 | jì | still, silent, quiet, desolate |
| 菽 | shū | legumes |
Words containing 淑
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 淑人君子 | shū rén jūn zi | virtuous gentleman (idiom) |
| 淑女车 | shū nǚ chē | ladies bicycle |
| 遇人不淑 | yù rén bù shū | (idiom) to be in a relationship with or marry a bad person; (idiom) to associate with a ba… |
| 淑世 | shū shì | to make the world a better place |
| 淑女 | shū nǚ | wise and virtuous woman; lady |
| 周梁淑怡 | Zhōu Liáng Shū yí | Selina Chow (Chow Liang Shuk-yee) (1945-), Hong Kong politician |
| 淑静 | shū jìng | gentle; tender |
| 贤淑 | xián shū | (of a woman) virtuous |
| 娴淑 | xián shū | ladylike |