Chinese symbol for “admirable”
淑
shū
(bound form) (of women) gentle; kind; lovely; admirable; (used in given names); Taiwan pr. [shu2]
The closest CC-CEDICT match for admirable is 淑 (shū), defined as: (bound form) (of women) gentle; kind; lovely; admirable; (used in given names); Taiwan pr. [shu2].
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “admirable”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.