姝

shū
noun #56,974

Meanings

  1. 1 a beautiful woman
  2. 2 beautiful; lovely

Examples

HSK 6
Shū duō yòng yú xíngróng nǚzǐ měihǎo.
Shu describes a woman's grace and beauty, mostly in literary writing.
HSK 7-9
Shǐjūn qiǎn lì wǎng, wèn shì shuí jiā shū.
The officer's messenger went and asked whose lovely daughter she was.

Tips

history
姝 is a literary word for a beautiful woman, or the quality of beauty itself. It appears in the 《诗经》 (Book of Songs) line 静女其姝 ('the quiet girl is lovely'), and it is still chosen for given names today.

Components

radical
女 nǚ
woman
The woman radical on the left. It gives the meaning: 姝 is about a woman's beauty, placing it with characters like 妹 (younger sister) and 好 (good).
phonetic
朱 zhū
vermilion (phonetic)
Supplies the sound. Standalone 朱 means vermilion red; here it points to the shū reading. The same phonetic appears in 株 and 珠 (pearl).

Stroke Order

姝 shū