书 — Chinese character
书
shū
book, letter, document; writing
- Pinyin
- shū
- Radical
- 5 ⼄ (Second)
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- 丨
- Formation
- ideographic — A mark made by a pen ⺺
- Traditional
- 書
Common words with 书
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 书记 (書記) | shū ji | secretary (head of a Communist Party or Communist Youth League organization); clerk; scribe |
| 秘书 (秘書) | mì shū | secretary |
| 图书馆 (圖書館) | tú shū guǎn | library; measure word: 家 (jiā), 个 (gè) |
| 书籍 (書籍) | shū jí | books; works |
| 读书 (讀書) | dú shū | to read a book; to study |
| 秘书长 (秘書長) | mì shū zhǎng | secretary-general |
| 证书 (證書) | zhèng shū | credentials; certificate |
| 总书记 (總書記) | zǒng shū ji | general secretary (of the Communist Party) |
| 图书 (圖書) | tú shū | books (in a library or bookstore); measure word: 本 (běn), 册 (cè), 部 (bù) |
| 书写 (書寫) | shū xiě | to write |
| 尚书 (尚書) | shàng shū | high official; government minister |
| 书店 (書店) | shū diàn | bookstore; measure word: 家 (jiā) |
English words written with 书
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.