庶
(bound form) ordinary; numerous; (bound form) pertaining to a concubine (contrasted with 嫡[di2])
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,180 U+5EB6
How 庶 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Many people 灬 (twenty or more 廿) in a house 广
Characters built with 庶 as their sound component
These characters all use 庶 (shù) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 庶 sound component | shù | numerous, various; multitude |
| 遮 | zhē | to cover, to protect, to shield |
| 鹧 | zhè | partridge |
| 蔗 | zhè | sugar cane |
| 摭 | zhí | to gather, to pick up |
Words containing 庶
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 庶吉士 | shù jí shì | title of the temporary position in the Hanlin Academy 翰林院[Han4 lin2 yuan4] conferred on me… |
| 庶子 | shù zǐ | son born of a concubine |
| 庶出 | shù chū | born of a concubine (rather than of the wife) |
| 庶民 | shù mín | the multitude of common people (in highbrow literature); plebeian |
| 富庶 | fù shù | populous and affluent |
| 庶室 | shù shì | concubine |
| 庶几 | shù jī | (literary) similar; almost; (literary) if only; it is to be hoped that; (literary) maybe; … |
| 黎庶 | lí shù | populace; masses; the people |
| 庶妻 | shù qī | concubine |