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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, looking for a stolen 書 book. He takes out a 聿 brush from his pocket and holds it in the sky. The 日 sun hits it and the shadow of the 聿 brush lands on a suspicious patch of grass. Sherlock goes over and digs out a 書 book from the ground. Elementary.

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