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抒
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convey

HSK 7
Human →Actions →Social
shū
ジョ、ショ
く.む、の.べる
서, 저
Phonosemantic compound. 予 represents the meaning and 扌 represents the sound.
Components
予 pleased+ 扌 hand (side) =
抒 convey
予 Meaning component
yǔ pleased
I, me
扌 Phonetic component
shou hand (side)
hand
扌 is a component form of 手.
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Notes
Similar Characters
妤 fair序 preface杼 shuttle of loom紓 relieve (trad)纾 relax (simp)舒 relax豫 pleased (trad)野 wild預 beforehand (trad/jp)预 arrange (simp)奉 proffer扎 prick扑 strike (simp)扒 pick pockets打 strike扔 throw away払 caress (jp)托 hold up (simp)扛 carry over the shoulder扢 caper
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 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)
抒
Regular
Modern
Chinese
抒 [shū]
to express; to give expression to; variant of 紓|纾[shū]; to relieve
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (12)
抒情 [shū​qíng] #15,828
to express emotion
抒发 [shū​fā] #31,035
to express (an emotion)
抒发 [shū​fā] #31,035
to express (an emotion)
各抒己见 [gè​shū​jǐ​jiàn] #55,084
everyone gives their own view
各抒己见 [gè​shū​jǐ​jiàn] #55,084
everyone gives their own view
抒情诗 [shū​qíng​shī] #47,010
lyric poetry
抒情诗 [shū​qíng​shī] #47,010
lyric poetry
抒写 [shū​xiě] #37,426
to express (emotions in prose)
抒写 [shū​xiě] #37,426
to express (emotions in prose)
抒怀 [shū​huái] #48,392
to express emotion
2 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (5)
⭐ 叙情 [じょじょう] #64,873
lyricism
叙情詩 [じょじょうし] #77,550
lyric poetry
抒情歌 [じょじょうか]
lyric songs
抒情歌謡集 [じょじょうかようしゅう]
Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems (collection of poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
抒情民謡集 [じょじょうみんようしゅう]
Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems (collection of poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
KOREAN WORDS (1)
서정시
lyric poetry