抒
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to express; to give expression to; variant of 紓|纾[shu1]; to relieve
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 手 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 抒
- Common rank
- #3,564
- Unicode
- U+6292
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 抒
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 各抒己见 | everyone gives their own view | |
| 抒情诗 | lyric poetry | |
| 抒发 | to express (an emotion); to give vent | |
| 抒情 | to express emotion; lyric | |
| 直抒胸臆 | to speak one's mind | |
| 抒怀 | to express emotion | |
| 抒写 | to express (emotions in prose); a written description (of emotions) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 扌 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扌 sound part | hand | |
| 扩 | to expand, to stretch, to magnify |