竖 — Chinese character
竖
shù
perpendicular, vertical; to erect
- Pinyin
- shù
- Radical
- 117 ⽴ (Stand)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 刂 又 立
- Formation
- ideographic — A person 又 standing 立 as straight as a knife 刂
- Traditional
- 竪 豎
Common words with 竖
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 竖立 (豎立) | shù lì | to erect; to set upright |
| 竖起 (豎起) | shù qǐ | to erect (a tent etc); to prick up (one's ears) |
| 竖琴 (豎琴) | shù qín | harp |
| 竖直 (豎直) | shù zhí | vertical; to erect |
| 竖井 (豎井) | shù jǐng | vertical shaft (for mining, ventilation systems etc) |
| 横竖 (橫豎) | héng shu | anyway |
| 竖笛 (豎笛) | shù dí | recorder (musical instrument); (Tw) clarinet |
| 横七竖八 (橫七豎八) | héng qī shù bā | in disorder; at sixes and sevens (idiom) |
| 竖式 (豎式) | shù shì | standing; vertical |
| 横眉竖眼 (橫眉豎眼) | héng méi shù yǎn | to scowl fiercely; to glare |
| 横三竖四 (橫三豎四) | héng sān shù sì | in disorder; in a tremendous mess |
| 横说竖说 (橫說豎說) | héng shuō shù shuō | to explain sth over and over again; to repeat |
English words written with 竖
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.