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薮

藪
sǒu
noun #72,772

Meanings

  1. 1 a marsh overgrown with grass
  2. 2 a gathering place (of people or things)
  3. 3 den

Examples

那个破败的街区成了罪恶的渊薮。
Nàge pòbài de jiēqū chéng le zuìè de yuānsǒu.
That run-down neighborhood had become a den of crime.
古代这一带是大片草薮，禽兽很多。
Gǔdài zhè yídài shì dàpiàn cǎo sǒu, qínshòu hěnduō.
In ancient times this region was a vast grassy marsh, rich in birds and beasts.

Tips

usage
薮 originally meant a grassy marsh, then by extension a place where things gather. The common modern word is 渊薮 ('a gathering place; a hotbed'), usually for something negative like crime.

Components

radical
艹 cǎo
grass; plant
艹 is the grass radical on top. A 薮 is a marsh thick with grass, so the plant radical fits the core meaning.
phonetic
数 shù
number; to count
数 ('number') under the grass radical supplies the sound, drifting from shù to sǒu. It carries no meaning here.

Stroke Order

薮 sǒu