鼠 — Chinese character
鼠
shǔ
rat, mouse
- Pinyin
- shǔ
- Radical
- 208 ⿏ (Rat)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 臼
- Formation
- pictographic — A mouse, with two paws to the left and the tail to the right
- Japanese
- 鼠 as a kanji
Common words with 鼠
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老鼠 | lǎo shǔ | rat; mouse (只 (zhī)) |
| 鼠标 (鼠標) | shǔ biāo | (computing) mouse |
| 松鼠 | sōng shǔ | squirrel |
| 袋鼠 | dài shǔ | kangaroo |
| 仓鼠 (倉鼠) | cāng shǔ | hamster |
| 滑鼠 | huá shǔ | (computer) mouse (Tw) |
| 小鼠 | xiǎo shǔ | mouse |
| 豚鼠 | tún shǔ | guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) |
| 鼠疫 | shǔ yì | plague |
| 鼠辈 (鼠輩) | shǔ bèi | a scoundrel; a bad chap |
| 土拨鼠 (土撥鼠) | tǔ bō shǔ | (zoology) marmot (in the US, esp. groundhog or woodchuck) |
| 黄鼠狼 (黃鼠狼) | huáng shǔ láng | see 黄鼬 (huáng yòu) |
English words written with 鼠
鼠 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: I Ching 1 · Zhuangzi 8
- Hexagram 35
- Zhuangzi Transcendental Bliss
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi The Great Supreme
- Zhuangzi How to Govern
- Zhuangzi The Tao of God
- Zhuangzi Autumn Floods
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.