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HSK
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mouse

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

shu3 shǔ

Meaning


Primary

mouse

Alternatives

rat, mice, rats

Mnemonic


[shu-] Sherlock is in the [3] basement of the [-_] house trying to find a 鼠 mouse. To do so, he puts some 鼠 mouse food inside of a 臼 mortar and hides. Sure enough, a 鼠 mouse comes up to eat the food, whereupon Sherlock catches the 鼠 mouse. Elementary, really.

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