梭 (suō): (textiles) shuttle
梭 (suō) is a Chinese character meaning “(textiles) shuttle.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 夋 (phonetic). It ranks #3055 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 梭 wood. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 木 (mù, wood/tree), 林 (lín, forest, woods), 森 (sēn, forest (dense)).
Definitions
- (textiles) shuttle
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 穿梭verb | chuān suō | to shuttle back and forth |
| 梭子noun | suō zi | (textiles) shuttle |
| 梭鱼noun | suō yú | barracuda |
| 梭子鱼noun | suō zi yú | barracuda |
| 梭哈noun | suō hā | five-card stud (card game) (from English "show hand") |
| 日月如梭 | rì yuè rú suō | the sun and moon like a shuttle (idiom) |
| 岁月如梭phrase | suì yuè rú suō | time flies (idiom) |
| 时空穿梭 | shí kōng chuān suō | time travel |
| 太空梭noun | tài kōng suō | space shuttle |
| 摩梭族 | mó suō zú | Mosuo ethnic group of Yunnan and Sichuan |
| 梭标 | suō biāo | variant of 梭鏢|梭镖 |
| 肉毒梭状芽孢杆菌 | ròu dú suō zhuàng yá bāo gǎn jūn | Clostridium botulinum |
| 摩梭proper-noun | mó suō | Mosuo ethnic group of Yunnan and Sichuan |
| 卢梭proper-noun | lú suō | Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), Enlightenment philosopher |
| 梭镖noun | suō biāo | spear |
梭 appears in 16 compound words: 44 as the first character, 44 as the last, and 13 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 梭 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
爷爷在门前种了一棵梭苗，现在已经长得很高了。
yé yé zài mén qián zhǒng le yī kē suō miáo , xiàn zài yǐ jīng cháng dé hěn gāo le .
Grandpa planted a mulberry sapling in front of the house, and it has grown quite tall now.
“嘎嘣”一声牙碎了！梭子蟹上市，第一批“受害者”已出现
嘎 嘣 yī shēng yá suì le ! suō zǐ xiè shàng shì , dì yī pī shòu hài zhě yǐ chū xiàn
"Crack!"—A tooth shattered! Spiny crabs are now in season, and the first "victims" have already appeared.
在广东惠州的一家声学企业里，叉车来回穿梭，16 台货柜车依次排开，同时装货。
zài guǎng dōng huì zhōu de yī jiā shēng xué qǐ yè lǐ , chā chē lái huí chuān suō , 1 6 tái huò guì chē yī cì pái kāi , tóng shí zhuāng huò .
At an acoustics company in Huizhou, Guangdong, forklifts are crisscrossing the floor, and 16 container trucks are lined up in a row, all being loaded simultaneously.
我们依然在一块尽量铺满正面的玻璃上滑动、点击、在 App 之间穿梭。
wǒ men yī rán zài yī kuài jǐn liàng pù mǎn zhèng miàn de bō lí shàng huá dòng , diǎn jī , zài A p p zhī jiān chuān suō .
We’re still swiping, tapping, and switching between apps on a screen that covers as much of the front as possible.
不少二十余岁的年轻读者穿梭在各个展位，挑选文学、社科、艺术类书籍。
bù shǎo èr shí yú suì de nián qīng dòu zhě chuān suō zài gè gè zhǎn wèi , tiāo xuǎn wén xué , shè kē , yì shù lèi shū jí .
Many young readers in their twenties were wandering among the booths, selecting books on literature, the social sciences, and the arts.
Character Family
Homophones — Characters pronounced suō
Frequently Asked Questions
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