疏
to dredge; to clear away obstruction; thin; sparse; scanty; distant (relation); not close; to neglect; negligent; to present a memorial to the Emperor; commentary; annotation
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,199 U+758F
How 疏 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Walking 疋 through uncultivated land 㐬
components: 疋 㐬
How to remember it
sparse · Heisig RSH #1921
zoo + baby Moses
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 疏 as their sound component
These characters all use 疏 (shū) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 疏 sound component | shū | to neglect; to dredge, to clear away; lax, careless |
| 蔬 | shū | vegetables, greens |
Words containing 疏
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 疏不间亲 | shū bù jiàn qīn | (idiom) outsiders should not come between close relatives |
| 骨质疏松症 | gǔ zhì shū sōng zhèng | osteoporosis |
| 疏财重义 | shū cái zhòng yì | distributing money, supporting virtue (idiom); fig. to give generously in a public cause |
| 疏通费 | shū tōng fèi | facilitation payment; bribe |
| 骨质疏松 | gǔ zhì shū sōng | osteoporosis |
| 疏勒县 | Shū lè Xiàn | Shule, a county in Kashgar City 喀什市[Ka1 shi2 Shi4], Xinjiang |
| 疏勒国 | Shū lè guó | Shule, oasis state in central Asia (near modern Kashgar) at different historical periods |
| 疏水 | shū shuǐ | (chemistry) hydrophobic |
| 生疏 | shēng shū | unfamiliar; strange; out of practice; not accustomed |
| 上疏 | shàng shū | (of a court official) to present a memorial to the emperor (old) |
| 暗香疏影 | àn xiāng shū yǐng | (poetic depiction of plum blossom) |
| 疏开 | shū kāi | to disperse |
| 疏理 | shū lǐ | to clarify (disparate material into a coherent narrative); to marshal an argument |
| 疏通 | shū tōng | to unblock; to dredge; to clear the way; to get things flowing; to facilitate; to mediate;… |
| 空疏 | kōng shū | shallow; empty |
| 疏而不漏 | shū ér bù lòu | loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3]); the way of Heaven is fair, b… |
| 疏解 | shū jiě | to mediate; to mitigate; to ease; to relieve |
| 疏放 | shū fàng | eccentric; self-indulgent; free and unconventional (written style); unbuttoned |
| 疏失 | shū shī | to make a (careless) mistake; oversight |
| 疏肝理气 | shū gān lǐ qì | to course the liver and rectify 氣|气[qi4] (TCM) |