淑 — Chinese character
淑
shū
good, pure, virtuous; charming
- Pinyin
- shū
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 氵 叔
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵; sound component 叔
- Japanese
- 淑 as a kanji
Common words with 淑
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 淑女 | shū nǚ | wise and virtuous woman; lady |
| 贤淑 (賢淑) | xián shū | (of a woman) virtuous |
| 遇人不淑 | yù rén bù shū | (idiom) to be in a relationship with or marry a bad person; (idiom) to associate with a bad person |
| 淑静 (淑靜) | shū jìng | gentle; tender |
| 娴淑 (嫻淑) | xián shū | ladylike |
| 淑世 | shū shì | to make the world a better place |
| 淑人君子 | shū rén jūn zi | virtuous gentleman (idiom) |
| 淑女车 (淑女車) | shū nǚ chē | ladies bicycle |
English words written with 淑
淑 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 3
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.