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(xu1) // pronunciation of 须 in Mandarin Pinyin

Basic information about 须

Unihan definition: must, have to, necessary

Number of strokes: 9
Examples of other characters consisting of 9 strokes: , , , , , , , , ,

Radical:  59.6

HSK level: 3
Other HSK 3 characters: , , , , , , , , , more hsk 3 charaters »

Frequency rank: 444

General standard index number: 1585

Traditional variants: ,

Examples of words containing this character: 何须, 卷须, 必须, 卷须, 根须, 无须, 臾须, 触须, 须丸, 须弥, 须后, 须根, 须知, 须臾, 须要, 髯须, 胡须, 须子, 须毛, 须生, 须眉, 须发, 须鲸, 剃须刀, 剃须膏

English translation (based on CEDICT):

須|须[]:
- must
- to have to
- to wait
鬚|须[]:
- beard
- mustache
- feeler (of an insect etc)
- tassel

Details

Unicode code point: U+987B

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