梳
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to comb; (bound form) a comb
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,757 U+68B3
How 梳 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
木 (semantic, “wood”) + 㐬 (phonetic)
How to remember it
comb · Heisig RSH #685
木 tree + baby Moses
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 㐬
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 㐬 (—) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 㐬 sound component | — | pennant; wild, barren, uncultivated |
| 流 | liú | to flow, to drift, to circulate; class |
| 硫 | liú | sulfur |
| 琉 | liú | sparkling stone; opaque, glazed |
| 醯 | xī | vinegar, acid; to pickle |
| 巯 | qiú | an atom group |
| 旒 | liú | tassels, fringes; pearls studding a crown |
Words containing 梳
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 梳子 | shū zi | comb; CL:把[ba3] |
| 梳头 | shū tóu | to comb one's hair; to comb sb's hair |
| 头梳 | tóu shū | comb |
| 梳化 | shū huà | (film and TV) hair and makeup |
| 梳理 | shū lǐ | to comb; fig. to sort out |
| 梳妆台 | shū zhuāng tái | dressing table |
| 梳洗 | shū xǐ | to wash and groom oneself; to freshen up |
| 梳妆室 | shū zhuāng shì | boudoir; lady's dressing room |
| 燕梳 | yàn shū | (dialect) insurance (loanword) |
| 梳弄 | shū nòng | (old) to deflorate a prostitute |
| 梳乎厘 | shū hū lí | (HK) (loanword) soufflé |
| 梳妆 | shū zhuāng | to dress and groom oneself |
| 爬梳 | pá shū | to comb through (historical documents etc); to unravel |
| 梳芙厘 | shū fú lí | soufflé (loanword) |
| 梳篦 | shū bì | combs (in general); (archaic) to comb one's hair |