Chinese Character Wiki
庶

shù

numerous

Original meaning: 

to cook; boil

Depicts a stone pot (石) over a fire (灬). Based on the original meaning "to cook; boil", now written as 煮. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components
石 sound,iconic component

石  Sound Iconic component

shí, dàn

  

stone

灬 iconic component

灬  Iconic component

biāo, huǒ

  

fire

灬 is a component form of 火.

Evolution

庶 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
庶 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
庶 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

庶  

shù

numerous, various; multitude; numerous; common people (or populace); born of a concubine

庶 (庻) 

shù

old variant of 庶[shù]

Most common words with 庶
Freq.
Word
Meaning

庶

numerous

庶民

plebeian

富庶

populous and affluent

庶子

bastard

庶几

similar

Component uses

Sound component in 6 characters (3 verified)

席 遮 蔗 鷓 鹧 摭

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*s-tak-s

syoH

shù

numerous; commoner


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3016th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+5EB6

Shuowen

“庶，屋下眾也。从广、炗。炗，古文光字。”


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