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comb

HSK 7
shū
と.く、と.かす、す.く、けず.る、くしけず.る
Components
tree+ same =
comb
Meaning component
tree
wood
Phonetic component
liú same
(same as U+65D2 旒, a corrupted form of U+8352 荒) a cup with pendants, a pennant, wild, barren, uncultivated
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[shū]
a comb; to comb
Example Sentences