瘦 — Chinese character
瘦
shòu
thin, lean, emaciated; meager
- Pinyin
- shòu
- Radical
- 104 ⽧ (Sickness)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 疒 叟
- Formation
- pictophonetic — sickness; meaning component 疒; sound component 叟
- Japanese
- 瘦 as a kanji
Common words with 瘦
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瘦身 | shòu shēn | to lose weight (intentionally); to slim down; (fig.) to downsize (a business, project etc) |
| 瘦肉精 | shòu ròu jīng | leanness-enhancing agent (for livestock) |
| 瘦弱 | shòu ruò | thin and weak |
| 瘦子 | shòu zi | thin person |
| 消瘦 | xiāo shòu | to waste away; to become thin |
| 瘦小 | shòu xiǎo | slightly-built; petite |
| 骨瘦如柴 | gǔ shòu rú chái | (idiom) as thin as a match; emaciated |
| 瘦长 (瘦長) | shòu cháng | slim |
| 瘦肉 | shòu ròu | lean meat |
| 瘦削 | shòu xuē | slim |
| 精瘦 | jīng shòu | (coll.) lean (figure, meat etc); slender |
| 纤瘦 (纖瘦) | xiān shòu | slender; slim as a thread |
English words written with 瘦
瘦 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.