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孰
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who? which? what?

HSK 10
Communication →Language
shú
ジュク
いずれ、たれ
숙
Depicts a person with both hands outstretched (丮) offering food at a temple (享). Based on the original meaning "offer sacrifice". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
享 receive+ 丮 catch =
孰 who? which? what?
享 Iconic component
xiǎng receive
old variant of 享[xiǎng]
Depicts a temple or shrine.
丮 Iconic component
jǐ catch
Depicts a person with both hands outstretched. Modern form looks like unrelated 丸.
Notes
Similar Characters
崞 mountain in Shanxi淳 honest諄 earnest (trad)谆 patient (simp)鶉 turnix (trad)鹑 species (simp)椁 outer-coffin (simp)敦 candid郭 outer walls醇 mellow wine埶 art執 clench (trad/jp)夙 early in morning执 hold in hand (simp)巩 secure (simp)
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
孰
Regular
Modern
Chinese
孰 [shú]
who; which; what
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (5)
人非生而知之者，孰能无惑 [rén​fēi​shēng​'ér​zhī​zhī​zhě​, ​shú​néng​wú​huò]
Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt?
人非生而知之者，孰能无惑 [rén​fēi​shēng​'ér​zhī​zhī​zhě​, ​shú​néng​wú​huò]
Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt?
孰料 [shú​liào]
who would have thought?
孰真孰假 [shú​zhēn​shú​jiǎ]
what is true and what is fake
是可忍，孰不可忍 [shì​kě​rěn​, ​shú​bù​kě​rěn]
if this can be tolerated, what cannot? (idiom)
JAPANESE WORDS (3)
⭐ 何れ [どれ] #45,772
which (of three or more)
何れにしても [いずれにしても] #109,788
anyhow
⭐ 何れか [いずれか] #181,657
one (of)