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HSK
1

book

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

shu1 shū

Meaning


Primary

book

Alternatives

books

Mnemonic


[shu-] Sherlock Holmes is in [1] front of the [-_] house where he is lying on the lawn. In his hands is a 书 book: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. What other 书 book would be possibly read? He lays there on the grass reading a 书 book of his own adventures, looking smug.

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