shú
noun #36,780

Meanings

  1. 1 title for a female official in the imperial inner court (archaic)

Examples

Shú shì gǔdài hòugōng nǚguān de yì zhǒng chēngwèi.
Shu was a title for one type of female official in the ancient inner palace.
Zhège zì 'shú' zài xiàndài Hànyǔ zhōng jīhū bú zài shǐyòng.
The character 婌 is almost never used in modern Chinese.

Tips

history
(shú) is a rare historical character referring to a class of female officials in the imperial harem (后宫 hòugōng, 'inner court'). You will essentially only encounter it in classical texts and historical fiction; modern dictionaries list it for reference rather than active use.

Stroke Order

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