庶
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(bound form) ordinary; numerous; (bound form) pertaining to a concubine (contrasted with 嫡[di2])
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 广 +8
- Structure
- Upper-left enclosure 左上包
- Traditional
- 庶
- Common rank
- #3,180
- Unicode
- U+5EB6
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Formation & memory
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How 庶 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Many people 灬 (twenty or more 廿) in a house 广
Words with 庶
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 庶吉士 | title of the temporary position in the Hanlin Academy 翰林院[Han4 lin2 yuan4] conferred on me… | |
| 庶子 | son born of a concubine | |
| 庶出 | born of a concubine (rather than of the wife) | |
| 庶民 | the multitude of common people (in highbrow literature); plebeian | |
| 富庶 | populous and affluent | |
| 庶室 | concubine | |
| 庶几 | (literary) similar; almost; (literary) if only; it is to be hoped that; (literary) maybe; … | |
| 黎庶 | populace; masses; the people | |
| 庶妻 | concubine |
Sound family
These characters use 庶 as their sound component — compare how they read.