殊 (shū): (literary) to kill, to behead, to sever, to separate, to surpass, (bound form) different, (bound form) special, remarkable
殊 (shū) is a Chinese character meaning “(literary) to kill.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 歹 (semantic) and 朱 (phonetic). It ranks #1187 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 殊 depraved. Its radical form 歹 (death) appears in many related characters such as 死 (sǐ, to die), 残 (cán, to destroy), 殖 (zhí, to grow).
Definitions
- (literary) to kill
- to behead
- to sever
- to separate
- to surpass
- (bound form) different
- (bound form) special
- remarkable
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 殊
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 殊荣 | shū róng | special glory |
| 悬殊 | xuán shū | vastly different |
| 殊死 | shū sǐ | to behead |
| 殊途同归 | shū tú tóng guī | different routes to the same destination (idiom) |
| 特殊教育 | tè shū jiào yù | special education |
| 殊不知 | shū bù zhī | little imagined |
| 特殊关系 | tè shū guān xì | special relation |
| 特殊护理 | tè shū hù lǐ | special care |
| 特殊儿童 | tè shū ér tóng | child with special needs |
| 文殊 | wén shū | Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness |
| 殊色 | shū sè | beautiful girl |
| 同途殊归 | tóng tú shū guī | same road out, different ones back |
| 殊致 | shū zhì | (literary) mixed |
| 文殊师利菩萨 | wén shū shī lì pú sà | Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness |
| 特殊函数 | tè shū hán shù | special functions (math.) |
殊 appears in 24 compound words: 46 as the first character, 21 as the last, and 33 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 殊 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
Example Sentences
老师教我们殊字的发音和笔顺。
lǎo shī jiào wǒ men shū zì de fā yīn hé bǐ shùn .
The teacher taught us the pronunciation and stroke order of the character "殊."
关怀特殊需求族群 驻汶莱代表处捐助FITRAH传...
guān huái tè shū xū qiú zú qún zhù 汶 莱 dài biǎo chǔ juān zhù F I T R A H chuán . . .
Caring for People with Special Needs: The Representative Office in Brunei Donates to FITRAH...
唐氏综合征孩子可生么?部分国家提供特殊教育和社会保障吗
táng shì zèng gě zhēng hái zǐ kě shēng má ? bù fēn guó jiā tí gōng tè shū jiào yù hé shè huì bǎo zhàng ma
Can I have a child with Down syndrome? Do some countries offer special education and social security?
...dna的准确率亲子鉴定高吗?司法用途需特殊流程吗
. . . d n a de zhǔn què lǜ qīn zǐ jiàn dìng gāo ma ? sī fǎ yòng tú xū tè shū liú chéng ma
... Is DNA accurate paternity test high? Do I need special procedures for judicial purposes?
...totripsy共同发明人徐蓁获国际双料殊荣 周凯旋:科技与人性完美结合的技术
. . . t o t r i p s y gòng tóng fā míng rén xú 蓁 huò guó jì shuāng liào shū róng zhōu kǎi xuán : kē jì yǔ rén xìng wán měi jié gě de jì shù
... Xu Zhen, co-inventor of totripsy, won the international double award Zhou Kaixuan: A technology that perfectly combines technology and human nature
徐蓁获国际双料殊荣 周凯旋称Histotripsy是科技...
xú 蓁 huò guó jì shuāng liào shū róng zhōu kǎi xuán chèn H i s t o t r i p s y shì kē jì . . .
Xu Zhen won the international double award Zhou Kaixuan said that Histotripsy is a technology...
汤姆只在特殊场合穿西装。
Tāngmǔ zhǐ zài tèshū chǎnghé chuān xīzhuāng.
Tom only wears a suit on special occasions.
今年肯定是人类历史上特殊的一年。
Jīnnián kěndìng shì rénlèi lìshǐshàng tèshū de yī nián.
This year is definitely a special year in human history.
此特殊条件有效期限至 2025 年。
Cǐ tèshū tiáojiàn yǒuxiàoqī xiàn zhì 2025 nián.
The special conditions will be valid until 2025.
今天的报纸中有没有什么特殊消息呢？
Jīntiān de bàozhǐ zhōng yǒuméiyǒu shénme tèshū xiāoxi ne?
Is there any special news in today's paper?
Character Family
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