8 strokes
Character #749 · The First 1000
叔 shū meaning: uncle
uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother
- Strokes
- 8
- Both scripts
- 叔
- Poster cell
- U27
简 = 繁Same in simplified and traditional
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02 练习纸
Free printable · One page
Practice writing 叔
Write 叔 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, shū, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.
Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet 03 千字海报
04 问答
Quick answers
- What does 叔 mean in English?
- 叔 (shū) means "uncle": uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother.
- How do you pronounce 叔?
- 叔 is pronounced shū in pinyin, with the first (high, level) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄕㄨ.
- How many strokes does 叔 have?
- 叔 has 8 strokes, in both simplified and traditional Chinese.
- Is 叔 the same in traditional Chinese?
- Yes. 叔 is written the same way in simplified and traditional Chinese.
- What are common words with 叔?
- Common words that use 叔 include 叔叔 (shūshu, uncle (father's younger brother); (polite) mister), 叔公 (shūgōng, great uncle), 小叔 (xiǎoshū, husband's younger brother).
- How common is 叔?
- 叔 is number 749 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell U27 of The First 1000 poster.
Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.