Chinese Character Wiki
孰

shú

who? which? what? which one?

Original meaning: 

offer sacrifice

Depicts a person with both hands outstretched (丮) offering food at a temple (享). Based on the original meaning "offer sacrifice". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components
享 iconic component

享  Iconic component

xiǎng

  

enjoy

Depicts a temple or shrine.

丮 iconic component

丮  Iconic component

jǐ

  

catch

Depicts a person with both hands outstretched. Modern form looks like unrelated 丸.

Evolution

孰 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
孰 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
孰 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
孰 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
孰 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

孰  

shú

who? which? what? which one?; who; which; what

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (1 verified)

熟 塾

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[d]uk

dzyuwk

shú

who


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3568th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+5B70

Shuowen

“，食飪也。从，聲。《易》曰：‘孰飪。’”


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