薮
marsh; gathering place
16 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,915 U+85AE
How 薮 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
艹 (semantic, “grass”) + 数 (phonetic, shù)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 数
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 数 (shù) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 数 sound component | shù | count, number, several |
| 擞 | sòu | to tremble, to shake, to quake, to flutter |
Words containing 薮
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 灰头薮鹛 | huī tóu sǒu méi | (bird species of China) red-faced liocichla (Liocichla phoenicea) |
| 言谈林薮 | yán tán lín sǒu | articulate in speech (idiom); eloquent |
| 红翅薮鹛 | hóng chì sǒu méi | (bird species of China) scarlet-faced liocichla (Liocichla ripponi) |
| 灰胸薮鹛 | huī xiōng sǒu méi | (bird species of China) Emei Shan liocichla (Liocichla omeiensis) |
| 林薮 | lín sǒu | woods and marshes |
| 黄痣薮鹛 | huáng zhì sǒu méi | (bird species of China) Steere's liocichla (Liocichla steerii) |
| 棕薮鸲 | zōng sǒu qú | (bird species of China) rufous-tailed scrub robin (Cercotrichas galactotes) |
| 薮猫 | sǒu māo | serval (Leptailurus serval) |
| 薮泽 | sǒu zé | lakes and ponds |
| 盗薮 | dào sǒu | bandits' den |
| 渊薮 | yuān sǒu | (lit.) gathering place of fish or other creatures; (fig.) haunt; lair; nest; den; hotbed |
| 榛薮 | zhēn sǒu | dense wood |
| 逋逃薮 | bū táo sǒu | (literary) refuge and hiding place for fugitives |