鼠
(bound form) rat; mouse
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Dict coverage rank #845 U+9F20
How 鼠 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
A mouse, with two paws to the left and the tail to the right
components: 臼
? unknown part
How to remember it
mouse · Heisig RSH #2960
mortar + plow + 雨 rain + fishhook
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 鼠
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大白鼠 | dà bái shǔ | white lab rat |
| 小家鼠 | xiǎo jiā shǔ | house mouse |
| 小白鼠 | xiǎo bái shǔ | white mouse; lab mouse; lab rat; (fig.) human guinea pig |
| 打地鼠 | Dǎ dì shǔ | Whac-A-Mole (game) |
| 小老鼠 | xiǎo lǎo shǔ | @; at symbol |
| 鼠得克 | shǔ dé kè | difenacoum (anticoagulant and rodenticide) |
| 老鼠拉龟，无从下手 | lǎo shǔ lā guī , wú cóng xià shǒu | like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom); no clue where to st… |
| 米老鼠 | Mǐ Lǎo shǔ | Mickey Mouse |
| 米奇老鼠 | Mǐ qí Lǎo shǔ | Mickey Mouse |
| 大鼠 | dà shǔ | rat |
| 子鼠 | zǐ shǔ | Year 1, year of the Rat (e.g. 2008) |
| 鼠标器 | shǔ biāo qì | mouse (computer) |
| 鼠尾草 | shǔ wěi cǎo | sage (Salvia officinalis) |
| 小鼠 | xiǎo shǔ | mouse |
| 老鼠 | lǎo shǔ | rat; mouse (CL:隻|只[zhi1]) |
| 黄鼠狼给鸡拜年，没安好心 | huáng shǔ láng gěi jī bài nián , méi ān hǎo xīn | see 黃鼠狼給雞拜年|黄鼠狼给鸡拜年[huang2 shu3 lang2 gei3 ji1 bai4 nian2] |
| 鼠年 | shǔ nián | Year of the Rat (e.g. 2008) |
| 胆小如鼠 | dǎn xiǎo rú shǔ | (idiom) chicken-hearted; gutless |
| 老鼠过街，人人喊打 | lǎo shǔ guò jiē , rén rén hǎn dǎ | lit. when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down (idiom); fig. everyone detests a … |
| 沙鼠 | shā shǔ | gerbil |