抒 (shū): to express

Meanings

他写了一首诗抒发思乡之情。

Tā xiě le yì shǒu shī shūfā sīxiāng zhīqíng.

He wrote a poem to express his longing for home.

欢迎大家各抒己见。

Huānyíng dàjiā gè shū jǐjiàn.

Everyone is welcome to freely express their own views.

usage

抒 is about giving voice to feelings or opinions: 抒发 (to express), 抒情 (lyrical, to express emotion) and 各抒己见 (each airs their own view).

radical

扌 shǒu

hand (left-side form of 手)

The hand radical (left-side form of 手) reflects the original sense of scooping or drawing out, which extended to "pouring out" one's feelings.

phonetic

予 yǔ

to give; I

On the right 予 supplies the sound, shifted from yǔ to shū. Its sense of "giving" loosely fits the idea of giving expression to emotion.

抒 shū