薮 — Chinese character
薮
sǒu
swamp, marsh; wild country
- Pinyin
- sǒu
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 16
- Components
- 艹 数
- Formation
- pictophonetic — grass; meaning component 艹; sound component 数
- Traditional
- 藪
- Japanese
- 薮 as a kanji
Common words with 薮
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 渊薮 (淵藪) | yuān sǒu | (lit.) gathering place of fish or other creatures; (fig.) haunt; lair; nest; den; hotbed |
| 林薮 (林藪) | lín sǒu | woods and marshes |
| 棕薮鸲 (棕藪鴝) | zōng sǒu qú | (bird species of China) rufous-tailed scrub robin (Cercotrichas galactotes) |
| 榛薮 (榛藪) | zhēn sǒu | dense wood |
| 灰胸薮鹛 (灰胸藪鶥) | huī xiōng sǒu méi | (bird species of China) Emei Shan liocichla (Liocichla omeiensis) |
| 灰头薮鹛 (灰頭藪鶥) | huī tóu sǒu méi | (bird species of China) red-faced liocichla (Liocichla phoenicea) |
| 盗薮 (盜藪) | dào sǒu | bandits' den |
| 红翅薮鹛 (紅翅藪鶥) | hóng chì sǒu méi | (bird species of China) scarlet-faced liocichla (Liocichla ripponi) |
| 薮泽 (藪澤) | sǒu zé | lakes and ponds |
| 薮猫 (藪貓) | sǒu māo | serval (Leptailurus serval) |
| 言谈林薮 (言談林藪) | yán tán lín sǒu | articulate in speech (idiom); eloquent |
| 逋逃薮 (逋逃藪) | bū táo sǒu | (literary) refuge and hiding place for fugitives |
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.