Chinese Character Wiki
殳

shū

weapon or tool

Depicts a hand holding a weapon or tool.

Components
◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts a weapon or tool.

又 iconic component

又  Iconic component

yòu

  

(hand), again

Depicts a hand.

Evolution

殳 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
殳 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
殳 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

殳  

shū

name of old weapon; kill; rad. 79; bamboo or wooden spear; Kangxi radical 79, occurring in 段, 毅, 殺 etc

殳  

Shū

surname Shu

Component uses

Meaning component in 8 characters (3 verified)

設 设 般 毅 鑿 殴 毆 骰

Sound component in 3 characters (1 verified)

投 殁 觳

Iconic component in 13 characters (13 verified)

發 段 殺 役 殿 殷 磬 芟 㱿 殸 殹 毄 毇

Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)

墼

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[d]o

dzyu

shū

a kind of lance


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6005th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Unicode

U+6BB3

Shuowen

“殳，以杸殊人也。《禮》：‘殳以積竹，八觚，長丈二尺，建於兵車，車旅賁以先驅。’从又，几聲。”


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