to dredge, to clear away, sparse

Animated Stroke Order 疏

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Stroke Order Diagrams 疏

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Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how is used in context
1
yīn
shū
cuò
guò
le
zhòng
yào
huì

He missed the important meeting due to negligence.

2
duì
zhè
ge
xīn
ruǎn
jiàn
hái
hěn
shēng
shū

He is still unfamiliar with this new software.

3
gōng
rén
zhèng
zài
shū
tōng
de
xià
shuǐ
dào

Workers are unclogging the blocked sewer.

4
zhè
ge
yóu
hěn
jiǔ
méi
wán
yǒu
diǎn
shēng
shū
le

I haven't played this game for a long time, so I'm a bit rusty.

5
bān
dào
xīn
chéng
shì
hòu
duì
zhè
de
hái
hěn
shēng
shū

After moving to the new city, I'm still unfamiliar with the roads here.

6
yóu
duō
nián
méi
yǒu
liàn
de
yīng
kǒu
jīng
biàn
xiāng
dāng
shēng
shū

Due to not practicing for many years, his spoken English has become quite rusty.

7
shū
le
wàng
guān
mén

I was negligent and forgot to close the door.

8
yóu
shū
cuò
guò
le
zhòng
yào
de
huì

Due to negligence, he missed the important meeting.

9
gōng
zuò
zhōng
rèn
shū
dōu
néng
dǎo
zhì
yán
zhòng
hòu
guǒ
suǒ
men
shí
bǎo
chí
jǐng

Any negligence at work can lead to serious consequences, so we must always stay vigilant.

10
shū
yuǎn
le

I have become distant from him.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes12
StructureLeft-Right
Frequency#2594
Zhuyinㄕㄨ
Components
UnicodeU+758F
CangjieYRHHI
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

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