殳

殳 · shū

name of old weapon; kill; rad. 79

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
shū
Cantonese
syu4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

name of old weapon; kill; rad. 79

Dictionary definitions & readings

殳 Shū · surname Shu

殳 shū · ancient staff-like weapon made of bamboo or wood; "weapon" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 79), occurring in 段, 毅, 殺 etc

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
32155.010:shū Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1064.030:shū Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
340.030:shū Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
shū粵syu4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
シュ ジュ ほこ ほこつくり るまた Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
수:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
市朱 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HNE Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
7740.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0584.170 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
076.07 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0130a Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+6BB3
Radical
殳 · 79
Strokes
4
Residual strokes
0
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6505

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

4 strokes
殳
Strokes
4
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

4 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
dzyu · 市朱 · 遇合三平虞常 · #260

PHONO-ML, source line 2273; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
742.406
kCowles
3993
kDaeJaweon
0977.050
kFennIndex
461.10
kGSR
0130a
kHanYu
32155.010
kIRGDaeJaweon
0977.050
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
32155.010
kIRGKangXi
0584.170
kKangXi
0584.170
kMatthews
5849
kMeyerWempe
2768a
kMorohashi
16613 16613:E0101
kSBGY
076.07
kSMSZD2003Index
346.11
kCangjie
HNE
kFenn
399K
kFourCornerCode
7740.7
kHDZRadBreak
⽎[U+2F4E]:32155.010
kMojiJoho
MJ014908 MJ014908:E0101 MJ014909:E0102
kPhonetic
930 1240 1557
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
CJ
kIRG_GSource
G0-6C2F
kIRG_HSource
HB2-C95F
kIRG_JSource
J0-5D55
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-4FA2
kIRG_KSource
K1-652D
kIRG_TSource
T2-213F
kRSUnicode
79.0
kTotalStrokes
4
kBigFive
C95F
kCCCII
22453F
kCNS1986
2-213F
kCNS1992
2-213F
kEACC
22453F
kGB0
7615
kGB1
7615
kJis0
6153
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
3007
kTGH
2013:6505
kTaiwanTelegraph
3007
kXerox
315:165
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+5364+79.4.0
kCantonese
syu4
kDefinition
name of old weapon; kill; rad. 79
kFanqie
市朱
kHangul
수:1N
kHanyuPinyin
32155.010:shū
kJapanese
シュ ジュ ほこ ほこつくり るまた
kJapaneseKun
HOKO
kJapaneseOn
SHU
kKorean
SWI
kMandarin
shū
kSMSZD2003Readings
shū粵syu4
kTGHZ2013
340.030:shū
kXHC1983
1064.030:shū
kSemanticVariant
U+6778<kMatthews

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 殳22forms using this shape2attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
𠘧 above 又 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, North Korea, United Kingdom (as a variant)
Source notation ^⿱𠘧又$(GHTP[B])
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱𠘧又$(GHTP[B])

^⿱几又$(JK)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.