How to write 书
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Meaning of 书
Pinyin
shū
Radical
乙
Strokes
4
Definition
book / letter
Usage
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书
shū
1. 书籍，装订成册的著作 (En: book)
2. 信件，信函 (En: letter)
3. 奏章;文书，文件 (En: document)
4. 字体，字形 (En: form of a written or printed character; script)
5. 书法 (En: calligraphy)
6. 《尚书》的简称 (En: an ancient government post in charge of secretarial duties)
7. 文字 (En: characters)
8. 又如：书理 (即文理。文辞之义理与脉络) (En: the principles of writing); 书士 (从事文字、文书工作的人员) (En: a person engaged in writing); 书轨 (指国中所用文字与车轨) (En: the script used for official documents); 书计 (文字与筹算) (En: writing and calculating)
9. 指“六书”，即中国古代分析文字的理论 (En: Six-Books)
10. 古代皇帝的诏书 (En: imperial edict)
11. 说书，曲艺的一种 (En: storytelling)
12. 文体名，先秦时“书”为书信的总名 (En: letter)
13. 姓 (En: surname)
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【本义】: 书写，记录，记载 (En: write; take notes)
同本义 (En: write; take notes)
引：
1. 《说文》：书，著也。按说文序云:“著于竹帛谓之书。”
2. 《周礼·保氏》：五曰六书。
3. 朱骏声《说文通训定声》：作书。上古以刀录于竹若木，中古以漆画于帛，后世以墨写于纸。
4. 《易·系辞》：易之以书契。
5. 书者，以笔画记之辞。——《尚书序》疏
6. 《论语·卫灵公》：子张书诸绅。
7. 《史记·陈涉世家》：乃丹书帛曰:“陈胜王”，置人所罾鱼腹中。
8. 明·高启《书博鸡者事》：大书一“屈”字，以两竿夹揭之，走诉行御史台。
9. 方苞《狱中杂记》：众言同，于是乎书。
例：
又如: 书候 (写信问候); 书孽 (记载罪恶); 书记手 (担任抄写文书等的书吏); 书画卯酉 (上下班); 书文 (撰文并书写); 书抄 (指手抄本); 书具 (书写工具，文具); 书券 (书写契约); 书砚 (砚台); 书狱 (书写狱词); 书命 (书写诏书、命令); 书格 (一种文具，书写时用以支臂，使腕压着纸，以防墨污); 书帖 (书写简贴)
画 (En: draw)
引：
1. 《资治通鉴》：今大将军问事，但令我书可邪? 胡三省注:“书可，画可也。”
branch secretary / secretary of a branch of the Communist Party or the Communist Youth League / abbr. for 支部書記|支部书记
the four arts (zither, Go, calligraphy, painting) / the accomplishments of a well-educated person
to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2])
so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted / innumerable crimes (idiom) / see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书[qing4 bi3 nan2 shu1]
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Input Method for 书
Pinyin
shu1
Wubi
nnhy
Cangjie
ids
Zhengma
xyis
Four Corner
53027
Unicode
U+4e66
Stroke Number Category
HSK Level Category