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叔 - shū

uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother

uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother

How to read 叔

Click 叔 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinshū
Englishuncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

叔伯 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 叔公. Please read 叔叔 one more time.

Common words with this character

descending from the same grandfather or great-grandfather
great uncle; grandfather's younger brother; husband's father's younger brother
father's younger brother; paternal uncle; form of address used by children for a male one generation older
wife of father's younger brother; aunt

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 叔 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 叔伯 and 叔公 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 叔.