shū

foot

Pictograph of a foot.

Evolution

疋 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
疋 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
疋 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
疋 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

roll, bolt of cloth

 

shū

foot

 

variant of [yǎ]

() 

variant of [pǐ]; classifier for cloth: bolt

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (0 verified)

Sound component in 2 characters (2 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*sra

srjo

shū

foot


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+758B

Shuowen

“疋,足也。上象腓腸,下从止。《弟子職》曰:‘問疋何止﹖’古文以為《詩.大疋》字,亦以為足字,或曰胥字。一曰疋記也。”


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