术 (shù): method, technique, various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea
术 (shù) is a Chinese character meaning “method.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (structural) and 丶 (structural). It ranks #328 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- method
- technique
- various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 术
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 手术noun/verb | shǒu shù | (surgical) operation | 5 |
| 技术noun | jì shù | technology | 4 |
| 艺术noun | yì shù | art | 4 |
| 武术 | wǔ shù | military skill or technique (in former times) | 5 |
| 学术noun | xué shù | learning | 5 |
| 美术noun | měi shù | art | 5 |
| 高新技术 | gāo xīn jì shù | high tech | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 艺术家 | yì shù jiā | artist |
| 魔术 | mó shù | magic |
| 战术 | zhàn shù | tactics |
| 手术室 | shǒu shù shì | operating room |
| 艺术品 | yì shù pǐn | art piece |
| 魔术师 | mó shù shī | magician |
| 巫术 | wū shù | witchcraft |
| 动手术 | dòng shǒu shù | (of a surgeon) to operate (on sb) |
| 术语 | shù yǔ | term |
| 心术 | xīn shù | designs |
| 骗术 | piàn shù | trick |
| 手术台 | shǒu shù tái | operating table |
| 技术员 | jì shù yuán | technician |
| 剑术 | jiàn shù | swordsmanship |
| 催眠术 | cuī mián shù | hypnotism |
术 appears in 100 compound words: 4 as the first character, 70 as the last, and 26 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 术 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (15)
to be tactless due to the lack of knowledge; without learning or skills; to be not keen on learning anything
to be tactless due to the lack of knowledge; without learning or skills; to be not keen on learning anything
Showing 12 of 15 idioms containing 术.
Example Sentences
他的医术很高明，治好了很多疑难杂症。
Tā de yīshù hěn gāomíng, zhì hǎo le hěn duō yínán zázhèng.
His medical skills are excellent; he has cured many difficult and complicated diseases.
非常AI的一年 2026从剧场、美术馆到文学馆都疯AI
fēi cháng A I de yī nián 2 0 2 6 cóng jù chǎng , měi shù guǎn dào wén xué guǎn dōu fēng A I
A very AI year 2026 From theaters, art galleries to literary museums, crazy AI
...春走基层|喜迎10名小马宝宝,一天8台手术——他..
. . . chūn zǒu jī céng xǐ yíng 1 0 míng xiǎo mǎ bǎo bǎo , yī tiān 8 tái shǒu shù — — tā . .
... Welcome 10 pony babies, 8 surgeries a day - he:
...不忘训练!侯友宜化身“一日骑警”,体验马术训练..
. . . bù wàng xùn liàn ! 侯 yǒu yí huā shēn yī rì qí jǐng , tī yàn mǎ shù xùn liàn . .
... Not forgetting to train! HOU Youyi becomes a "one-day mounted police officer", experiencing equestrian training ...
2025年收获满满,山东信息职业技术学院向合作单位..
nián shōu huò mǎn mǎn , shān dōng xìn xī zhí yè jì shù xué yuàn xiàng gě zuò shàn wèi . .
2025 harvest full, Shandong Information Vocational Technology College to the cooperative unit...
...马丽一起“搭戏”的机器人,还藏着这样的技术突..
. . . mǎ lí yī qǐ dā xì de jī qì rén , hái zàng zhe zhè yàng de jì shù tū . .
... Mari together "play" the robot, but also hides such a technologi...
你去看艺术展览了吗？
Nǐ qù kàn yìshù zhǎnlǎn le ma?
Did you go to the art exhibition?
艺术博物馆在这附近吗？
Yìshù bówùguǎn zài zhè fùjìn ma?
Is the museum of art around here?
父亲将会接受手术。
Fùqin jiāng huì jiēshòu shǒushù.
Father is going to undergo an operation.
魔术师吸引了孩子们的注意。
Móshùshī xīyǐn le háizimen de zhùyì.
The magician had the children's attention.
Character Family
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