DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT
束
Characters in this entry
- 束
- shù · bind, control, restrain; bale
Explore the spelling
Mandarin tones
4 · shu4
Compare attested words with these syllables ↗Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.
Connected dictionary
1character link41same-tone records
Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.Read this spelling in Classical texts
Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.
Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 11 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
cuk1
Cantonese word readings for 束. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack
Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- to bind; to tie up
- (Cantonese) to tuck in
- (now in compounds) to control; to restrain
- (now in compounds) end
- bunch; bundle; bale
- (geometry) pencil (family of geometric objects with a common property)
- Classifier for objects in bunches or bundles, such as bouquets of flowers. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
- a surname
character
- (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to cling to something and climb upwards (of a person)
- (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to bind or tie tightly
- (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to absorb (moisture, etc.)
Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack