梳 (shū): to comb, (bound form) a comb
梳 (shū) is a Chinese character meaning “to comb.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 㐬 (phonetic). It ranks #2578 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 梳 wood. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- to comb
- (bound form) a comb
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 梳子 | shū zi | comb |
| 梳理 | shū lǐ | to comb |
| 梳洗 | shū xǐ | to make oneself presentable |
| 梳头 | shū tóu | to comb one's hair |
| 梳妆台 | shū zhuāng tái | dressing table |
| 梳妆 | shū zhuāng | to dress and groom oneself |
| 头梳 | tóu shū | comb |
| 梳弄 | shū nòng | (old) to deflorate a prostitute |
| 梳乎厘 | shū hū lí | (HK) (loanword) soufflé |
| 梳妆室 | shū zhuāng shì | boudoir |
| 爬梳 | pá shū | to comb through (historical documents etc) |
| 梳篦 | shū bì | combs (in general) |
| 燕梳 | yàn shū | (dialect) insurance (loanword) |
| 梳芙厘 | shū fú lí | soufflé (loanword) |
梳 appears in 14 compound words: 79 as the first character, 21 as the last, and 0 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 梳 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
爷爷在门前种了一棵梳苗，现在已经长得很高了。
yé yé zài mén qián zhǒng le yī kē shū miáo , xiàn zài yǐ jīng cháng dé hěn gāo le .
Grandpa planted a comb tree in front of the house, and now it has grown very tall.
中国酒店集团解读,旗下品牌全梳理
zhōng guó jiǔ diàn jí tuán jiě dòu , qí xià pǐn pái quán shū lǐ
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wǎng shàng rè huà I K E A shū huà bèi cháng zhàn guān fāng zhōng bǎi gào shì pái wǎng mín cāi cè : . . .
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在你出门之前，把你的头发梳一梳。
Zài nǐ chūmén zhīqián, bǎ nǐ de tóufa shū yī shū.
Comb your hair before you go out.
保罗用手从头发间梳过。
Bǎoluó yòng shǒu cóngtóu fà jiān shū guo.
Paul ran his hand through his hair.
她把梳子放在抽屉里面。
Tā bǎ shūzi fàng zài chōuti lǐmiàn.
She put the comb in the drawer.
她在晚饭前把自己梳洗打扮了一下。
Tā zài wǎnfàn qián bǎ zìjǐ shūxǐ dǎban le yīxià.
She freshened herself up before supper.
Character Family
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