肃

肅
sù
adjective #47,788

Meanings

  1. 1 solemn; respectful
  2. 2 to eliminate; to purge

Examples

HSK 5
Qǐng sùjìng!
Please be quiet!
HSK 7-9
Huìchǎng qìfēn hěn yánsù.
The atmosphere of the meeting was very solemn.

Tips

usage
严肃 (serious / solemn) is the most common compound.

Components

ideograph
肃 sù
respectful; solemn
Modern simplified form rebuilt from the complex traditional 肅, which originally depicted a hand holding a writing brush (聿) over a deep pool - a scribe in concentrated reverence. The simplification telescoped the lower portion into stylised crossing strokes. Indexed under Kangxi #129 聿 by tradition, though no visible 聿 survives.

Filed under radical 聿 (yù, #129) by convention. 聿 is not a separate component in 肃, so no strokes are highlighted.

Stroke Order

肃 sù