Stroke order
書 Kangxi radical 73,曰 +6, 10 strokes,cangjie input 中土日 (LGA ),four-corner 50601 ,composition ⿳𦘒 一 曰 )
Additional Derived Characters
𫫒 , 𪳛 , 𦥌 , 𭓙 , 𬣄 , 𡳩 , 𤾭 , 𮓎 𬁫 , 𭨡 , 𦘢 , 𰗂 , 𦧶 , 𤾳 , 𢅺 , 𧺅 , 𢆅 , 𣍚 , 𣍜 , 𨃲 , 𦶕 , 𬮑 Kangxi Dictionary:page 502 , character 12 Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14294 Dae Jaweon: page 874, character 18 Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1509, character 9 Unihan data for U+66F8 Wikipedia has articles on:
書 / 书 (Chinese) 書 / 书 (Cantonese) 書 (Literary Chinese) 書 / 书 (Gan) 書 (1)Old Chinese 觰 *rtaːʔ, *rtaː 諸 *tjaː, *tja 者 *tjaːʔ 堵 *tjaːʔ, *taːʔ 赭 *tjaːʔ 撦 *l̥ʰjaːʔ 扯 *tʰjaːʔ 闍 *djaː, *taː 奢 *hljaː 鍺 *toːlʔ 都 *taː 醏 *taː 覩 *taːʔ 睹 *taːʔ 暏 *taːʔ 賭 *taːʔ 帾 *taːʔ 楮 *taːʔ, *tʰaʔ 屠 *daː, *da 瘏 *daː 廜 *daː 鷵 *daː 緒 *ljaʔ 豬 *ta 猪 *ta 瀦 *ta 藸 *ta, *da 櫫 *ta 褚 *taʔ, *tʰaʔ 著 *taʔ, *tas, *da, *taɡ, *daɡ 箸 *tas, *das 儲 *da 躇 *da 櫧 *tja 藷 *tja, *djas 蠩 *tja 煮 *tjaʔ 渚 *tjaʔ 煑 *tjaʔ 陼 *tjaʔ 翥 *tjas 署 *djas 薯 *djas 曙 *djas 書 *hlja 暑 *hjaʔ 鐯 *taɡ 擆 *taɡ 櫡 *taɡ
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 OC *hlja ): semantic 聿 ( “ writing brush ” ) + phonetic 者 ( OC *tjaːʔ ) .
Unknown (Schuessler, 2007 ).
Mandarin (Standard (Pinyin :shū shu1 (Zhuyin :ㄕㄨ (Chengdu ,Sichuanese Pinyin :su1 (Xi'an ,Guanzhong Pinyin :fǔ (Nanjing ,Nanjing Pinyin :shù (Dungan ,Cyrillic andWiktionary :фу (fu, I)Cantonese (Guangzhou –Hong Kong ,Jyutping :syu1 (Dongguan ,Jyutping++ :syu1 (Taishan ,Wiktionary :si1 Gan (Wiktionary :xy1 Hakka (Sixian ,PFS :sû (Hailu ,HRS :shuˋ (Meixian ,Guangdong :su1 Jin (Wiktionary :su1 Northern Min (KCR :sṳ́ Eastern Min (BUC :cṳ̆ Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing zy1 / zu1 / zi1 / sy1 / su1 / si1 / zou1 Southern Min (Hokkien ,POJ :chu chir chi su sir si (Teochew ,Peng'im :ze1 (Leizhou , Leizhou Pinyin :zu1 / xi1 Southern Pinghua (Nanning ,Jyutping++ :syu1 Wu (Wugniu Xiang (Changsha ,Wiktionary :xy1 (Loudi ,Wiktionary :xy1 (Hengyang ,Wiktionary :xy1 Note :
zy1/zu1/zi1 - vernacular; sy1/su1/si1 - literary; zou1 - used in place name (e.g.書倉 Note :
chu/chir/chi - vernacular; su/sir/si - literary. Note :
zu1 - vernacular; xi1 - literary. Southern Pinghua Wu (Northern Shanghai Chongming Tongxiang Haining (Northern Songjiang (Northern Jiading Suzhou Changzhou Jiaxing Hangzhou Ningbo Zhoushan (Northern Haiyan Shaoxing (Jinhua Xiang Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )Character 書 Reading # 1/1 Modern shū Middle ‹ syo › Old /*s-ta/ English write Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)Character 書 Reading # 1/1 No. 17013 Phonetic 者 Rime 魚 Rime 0 Corresponding 書 Old /*hlja/
書
book ;codex (Classifier :本 m c 部 m c 冊 ／ 册 m 我 對 這 本 書 產生 了 共鳴 。[MSC ,trad. 我 对 这 本 书 产生 了 共鸣 。[MSC ,simp. Wǒ duì zhè běnshū chǎnshēng le gòngmíng. [Pinyin] I resonated with thisbook . 唔記得 買 書 ／ 唔记得 买 书 [Cantonese ] ― m4 gei3 dak1 maai5 syu1 [Jyutping] ― to forget to buy textbooksletter ;document 證明書 ／ 证明书 zhèngmíngshū 推薦書 ／ 推荐书 tuījiànshū letter 情書 ／ 情书 qíngshū letter 家書 ／ 家书 jiāshū letter to or from one's family or home《告臺灣同胞書 》 [MSC ,trad. 《告台湾同胞书 》 [MSC ,simp. “Gào Táiwān TóngbāoShū ” [Pinyin] Message to the Compatriots in Taiwanform of a written or printedChinese character ;style ofcalligraphy ;script ;font 楷書 ／ 楷书 kǎishū 隸書 ／ 隶书 lìshū ( literary ) Chinese character ;writing ;script 項 籍 少時 學 書 ，不成 ，去 ；學 劍 ，又 不成 。項 梁 怒 之 。籍 曰 ：「書 足以 記 姓名 而已 。劍 一 人 敵 ，不足 學 ，學 萬 人 敵 。」[Classical Chinese ,trad. 项 籍 少时 学 书 ，不成 ，去 ；学 剑 ，又 不成 。项 梁 怒 之 。籍 曰 ：「书 足以 记 姓名 而已 。剑 一 人 敌 ，不足 学 ，学 万 人 敌 。」[Classical Chinese ,simp. From: TheRecords of the Grand Historian Sima Qian ,c. BCE Xiàng Jí shàoshí xuéshū , bùchéng, qù; xué jiàn, yòu bùchéng. Xiàng Liáng nù zhī. Jí yuē: “Shū zúyǐ jì xìngmíng éryǐ. Jiàn yī rén dí, bùzú xué, xué wàn rén dí.” [Pinyin] As a child, Xiang Yu tried to learn (to read and write)Chinese characters but failed and gave it up; then he tried to learn swordplay, but failed too. Xiang Liang was angry with him. Yu said, "Characters are useful for writing names only. Neither is swordplay worth learning as it can only stand up to one person. I want to learn something that can resist ten thousand people. ( literary ) art ofcalligraphy ( historical ) post in charge ofsecretarial duties ( historical ) imperial edict storytelling 說書 ／ 说书 shuōshū pingshu (storytelling)聽書 ／ 听书 tīngshū pingshu (storytelling)towrite 書 寫／ 书 写shū xiě罄竹難書 ／ 罄竹难书 qìngzhúnánshū ( Cantonese , education ) teaching materials (Classifier :課 ／ 课 c 堂 c (clarification of this definition is needed.) 聽書 ／ 听书 [Cantonese ] ― teng1 syu1 [Jyutping] ― to listen inclass short for 書經 ／ 书经 Shūjīng Classic of History asurname Dialectal synonyms of
書 (“book”)
[map] Variety Location Words Classical Chinese 書 Formal(Written Standard Chinese ) 書 書本 collective 書籍 collective 書冊 Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 書 Taiwan 書 Malaysia 書 Singapore 書 Jilu Mandarin Jinan 書 Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai(Muping) 書 Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 書 Wanrong 書 Xi'an 書 Xining 書 Xuzhou 書 Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 書 Lanzhou 書 Ürümqi 書 Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 書 書些 collective Wuhan 書 Guiyang 書 Guilin 書 Liuzhou 書 Dagudi(Maliba) 書 Reshuitang(Longling) 書 Mae Salong(Lancang) 書 Mae Sai(Tengchong) 書 Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 書 Yangzhou 書 冊子 euphemistic Hefei 書 Cantonese Guangzhou 書 Hong Kong 書 Macau 書 Zhongshan(Shiqi) 書 Taishan 書 Taishan(Guanghai) 書 Dongguan 書 Yangjiang 書 Hepu(Lianzhou) 書 Hepu(Shatian) 書 Beihai 書 Beihai(Nankang) 書 Beihai(Yingpan) 書 Beihai(Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 書 Beihai(Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 書 Fangchenggang(Fangcheng) 書 Danzhou 書 Kuala Lumpur(Guangfu) 書 Singapore(Guangfu) 書 Ho Chi Minh City(Guangfu) 書 Móng Cái 書 Mandalay(Taishan) 書 Gan Nanchang 書 Lichuan 書 Pingxiang 書 Hakka Meixian 書 Yudu 書 Miaoli(N. Sixian) 書 Pingtung(Neipu; S. Sixian) 書 Hsinchu County(Zhudong; Hailu) 書 Taichung(Dongshi; Dabu) 書 Hsinchu County(Qionglin; Raoping) 書 Yunlin(Lunbei; Zhao'an) 書 Huizhou Jixi 書 Jin Taiyuan 書 Xinzhou 書 Liangcheng 書 Northern Min Jian'ou 書 Songxi 書 Jianyang 書 Eastern Min Fuzhou 書 Fuzhou(Changle) 書 Lianjiang 書 Fuqing 書 Yongtai 書 Minqing 書 Gutian 書 Pingnan 書 Luoyuan 書 Fu'an 書 Ningde 書 Xiapu 書 Zherong 書 Shouning 書 Zhouning 書 Fuding 書冊 書 Southern Min Xiamen 冊 書冊 Quanzhou 冊 書 書冊 Jinjiang 冊 Yongchun 冊 書 Zhangzhou 冊 Zhangpu 冊 New Taipei(Tamsui) 書 New Taipei(Pingxi) 書 Tainan 冊 Tainan(Anping) 冊 Penghu(Xiyu) 書 Penang(Hokkien) 冊 Singapore(Hokkien) 冊 Manila(Hokkien) 冊 Medan(Hokkien) 冊 Longyan 書冊 Zhangping 冊 Zhangping(Yongfu) 冊 Datian 書 Chaozhou 書 Shantou 書 書冊 Jieyang 書 書冊 Haifeng 冊 Bangkok(Teochew) 書 Chiang Mai(Teochew) 書 Hat Yai(Teochew) 書 Singapore(Teochew) 書 冊 Pontianak(Teochew) 書 Leizhou 冊 Wenchang 冊 Haikou 冊 Singapore(Hainanese) 冊 Puxian Min Putian 冊 Putian(Donghai, Chengxiang) 冊 Putian(Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 冊 Putian(Nanri, Xiuyu) 冊 Xianyou 冊 Xianyou(Fengting) 冊 Xianyou(Youyang) 冊 Central Min Yong'an 書 Sanming(Shaxian) 書 Zhongshan Min Zhongshan(Sanxiang) 書 Southern Pinghua Nanning(Tingzi) 書 Wu Shanghai 書 Shanghai(Songjiang) 書 Shanghai(Chongming) 書 Suzhou 書 Danyang 書 Hangzhou 書 Shaoxing 書 Ningbo 書 Wenzhou 書 Jinhua 書 Xiang Changsha 書 Xiangxiang 書 Loudi 書 Shuangfeng 書
信 信件 ( xìnjiàn ) 信函 ( xìnhán ) 信札 ( xìnzhá ) 八行 ( bāháng ) ( literary ) 八行書 / 八行书 ( bāhángshū ) ( literary ) 函件 ( hánjiàn ) 尺牘 / 尺牍 ( chǐdú ) ( literary ) 尺素 ( chǐsù ) ( literary, figurative ) 手書 / 手书 ( shǒushū ) ( literary ) 手簡 / 手简 ( shǒujiǎn ) ( literary ) 書信 / 书信 ( shūxìn ) ( formal ) 書函 / 书函 ( shūhán ) 書札 / 书札 ( shūzhá ) ( literary ) 書牘 / 书牍 ( shūdú ) ( literary ) 書簡 / 书简 ( shūjiǎn ) ( literary ) 筆札 / 笔札 ( bǐzhá ) ( literary, figurative ) 簡 / 简 ( jiǎn ) ( literary, or in compounds ) 鴻 / 鸿 ( hóng ) ( literary, figurative ) Dialectal synonyms of
信 (“letter”)
[map] Variety Location Words Classical Chinese 書 函 書札 書函 便紙 Korea Formal(Written Standard Chinese ) 信 函 書信 信件 信函 信札 函件 書函 書簡 書牘 書札 Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 信 Taiwan 信 Malaysia 信 Singapore 信 Jilu Mandarin Jinan 信 Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai(Muping) 信 Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 信 Wanrong 信 Xi'an 信 Xining 信 Xuzhou 信 Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 信 Lanzhou 信 Ürümqi 信 Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 信 Wuhan 信 Guiyang 信 Guilin 信 Liuzhou 信 Dagudi(Maliba) 信 Reshuitang(Longling) 信 Mae Salong(Lancang) 信 Mae Sai(Tengchong) 信 Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 信 Yangzhou 信 Hefei 信 Cantonese Guangzhou 信 Hong Kong 信 Hong Kong(San Tin; Weitou) 信 Macau 信 Guangzhou(Panyu) 信 Guangzhou(Huashan, Huadu) 信 Guangzhou(Conghua) 信 Guangzhou(Zengcheng) 信 Foshan 信 Foshan(Shatou, Nanhai) 信 Foshan(Shunde) 信 Foshan(Sanshui) 信 Foshan(Mingcheng, Gaoming) 信 Zhongshan(Shiqi) 信 Zhuhai(Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 信 Zhuhai(Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 信 Zhuhai(Doumen) 信 Jiangmen(Baisha) 信 Jiangmen(Xinhui) 信 Taishan 信 Kaiping(Chikan) 信 Enping(Niujiang) 信 Heshan(Yayao) 信 Dongguan 信 Shenzhen(Shajing, Bao'an) 信 Shaoguan 信 Yunfu 信 Yangjiang 信 Xinyi 信 Lianjiang 信 Beihai 信 Beihai(Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 信 Beihai(Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 信 Fangchenggang(Fangcheng) 信 Singapore(Guangfu) 信 Ho Chi Minh City(Guangfu) 信 Móng Cái 信 Gan Nanchang 信 Lichuan 信 Pingxiang 信 Hakka Meixian 信 Huizhou(Huicheng; Bendihua) 信 Dongguan(Qingxi) 信 Shenzhen(Shatoujiao) 信 Zhongshan(Nanlang Heshui) 信 Wuhua(Shuizhai) 信 Wuhua(Huacheng) 信 Wuhua(Changbu) 信 Wuhua(Mianyang) 信 Guangzhou(Lütian, Conghua) 信 Luhe 信仔 Yudu 信 Miaoli(N. Sixian) 信仔 Pingtung(Neipu; S. Sixian) 信仔 Hsinchu County(Zhudong; Hailu) 信仔 Taichung(Dongshi; Dabu) 信 Hsinchu County(Qionglin; Raoping) 信仔 信 Yunlin(Lunbei; Zhao'an) 批 信 Hong Kong 信 Huizhou Jixi 信 Jin Taiyuan 信 Xinzhou 信 Northern Min Jian'ou 信 Songxi 信 Jianyang 信 Eastern Min Fuzhou 批 Gutian 批 Pingnan 批 信 Ningde 批 Zhouning 批 Fuding 信 Matsu 批 Singapore(Fuqing) 批 Southern Min Xiamen 批 批信 Quanzhou 批 批信 Yongchun 批 Zhangzhou 批 批信 Zhao'an 批 Taipei 批 New Taipei(Sanxia) 批 Kaohsiung 批 Yilan 批 Changhua(Lukang) 批 Taichung 批 Taichung(Wuqi) 批 Tainan 批 批信 Taitung 批 Hsinchu 批 Kinmen 批 Penghu(Magong) 批 Penang(Hokkien) 批 Singapore(Hokkien) 批 批信 Manila(Hokkien) 批 Longyan 信 Datian 信 Chaozhou 信 批 international incoming letters Bangkok(Teochew) 信 家批 dated Singapore(Teochew) 信 批 Batam(Teochew) 信 Leizhou 信 Wenchang 信 domestic 批 international Haikou 信 Singapore(Hainanese) 信 批 Puxian Min Putian 批 Xianyou 批 Fuding(Aoyao) 批 Central Min Yong'an 信 Sanming(Shaxian) 信 Zhongshan Min Zhongshan(Longdu, Shaxi) 信 Southern Pinghua Nanning(Tingzi) 信 Wu Shanghai 信 Shanghai(Chongming) 信 Suzhou 信 Danyang 信 Ningbo 信 Wenzhou 信 Jinhua 信 Xiang Changsha 信 Loudi 信 Shuangfeng 信
"Others":
“書 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1] 香港中文大學 Chinese University of Hong Kong ),2014– “書 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi Ministry of Education, R.O.C. ,2025 李如龙 [ Li, Ru-long] ;刘福铸 [ Liu, Fu-zhu] ;吴华英 [ Wu, Hua-ying] ;黄国城 [ Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019 ),莆仙方言调查报告 Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect Xiamen University Press ,→ISBN 140 書
(Second grade kyōiku kanji )
FromMiddle Chinese 書 ( syo , “ writing ” ) .
書( しょ ) • (sho
document 書( ふみ ) • (fumi
letter ↑1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira , editor (2006 ),大辞林 Daijirin Tokyo :Sanseidō ,→ISBN ↑2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute , editor (1998 ),NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent DictionaryTokyo :NHK Publishing, Inc. ,→ISBN FromMiddle Chinese 書 MC Middle Korean 셔 ( sye ) (Yale :sye ) inHunmong Jahoe 訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회
書 (eumhun 글 서 ( geul seo ) )
Hanja form? 서 ( “ document ” ) .Compounds
각서 覺書 gakseo )낙서 落書 nakseo )독서 讀書 dokseo )문서 文書 munseo )백서 白書 baekseo )본서 本書 bonseo )비서 秘書 biseo )사서 司書 saseo )서기 書記 seogi )서당 書堂 seodang )서류 書類 seoryu )서면 書面 seomyeon )서방 書房 seobang )서신 書信 seosin )서예 書藝 seoye )서체 書體 seoche )서원 書院 seowon )서재 書齋 seojae )서적 書籍 seojeok )서평 書評 seopyeong )성서 聖書 seongseo )엽서 葉書 yeopseo )원서 原書 wonseo )유서 遺書 yuseo )저서 著書 jeoseo )서점 書店 seojeom )서재 書齋 seojae )도서 圖書 doseo )도서관 圖書館 doseogwan )전도서 傳道書 Jeondoseo , “Ecclesiastes ”)국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary,전자사전／電子字典 .[3] 書
(Second grade kyōiku kanji )
書 :Hán Nôm thư
(classifier 幅 (bức ),蘿 (lá )書
chữ Hán thư ( “ ( postal ) letter ” ) 函 ( hòm ) 書 ( thư ) 電 ( điện ) 子 ( tử ) an e-mail The templateTemplate:vi-affix does not use the parameter(s):sc=Hani Please seeModule:checkparams for help with this warning. 書
chữ Hán thư ( “ ( dated or historical ) document ,book orcompilation ” ) 證 ( chứng ) 明 ( minh ) 書 ( thư ) an identity card 後 ( Hậu ) 漢 ( Hán ) 書 ( thư ) the Book of (Later) Han 大 ( Đại ) 越 ( Việt ) 史 ( sử ) 記 ( ký ) 全 ( toàn ) 書 ( thư ) Complete Annals of Đại Việt In Chinese,書 / 书 ( shū ) ambiguously means "book", "document" or "letter". In Vietnamese, the senses of "book" and "document" are only fossilized and not productive. The free noun only means "letter". For the free noun meaning "book", use冊 (sách )
