抒

shū

sh+ū·1st tone

to express · to give expression to

Radical: 扌 Strokes: 7

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Less common

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排才扬执

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Character Decomposition

抒=扌+予

Etymology

give

Meanings

to express

to give expression to

to relieve

shū

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Words with 抒 20 total

to express emotion抒怀shū huái to express emotion · lyric抒情shū qíng to express (emotions in prose) · a written description (of emotions)抒写shū xiě to express (an emotion) · to give vent抒发shū fā lyric poetry抒情诗shū qíng shī to speak one's mind直抒胸臆zhí shū xiōng yì everyone gives their own view各抒己见gè shū jǐ jiàn

Idioms with 抒 4 total Chain

everyone gives their own view各抒己见gè shū jǐ jiàn talk (or speak out) directly and simply · state one's view frankly · be plainspoken直抒己见zhí shū jǐ jiàn to speak one's mind直抒胸臆zhí shū xiōng yì

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