术

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method; technique

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Formation & memory

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Components 木丶

art · Heisig RSH #1199

a drop of + 木 tree

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
不学无术	bù xué wú shù	without learning or skills (idiom); ignorant and incompetent
学术水平	xué shù shuǐ píng	academic level
人流手术	rén liú shǒu shù	an abortion; abbr. of 人工流產手術\|人工流产手术
人海战术	rén hǎi zhàn shù	(military) human wave attack
动手术	dòng shǒu shù	(of a surgeon) to operate (on sb); (of a patient) to have an operation
外科手术	wài kē shǒu shù	surgery
德意志学术交流中心	Dé yì zhì Xué shù Jiāo liú Zhōng xīn	German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
点金术	diǎn jīn shù	Midas touch; golden touch
手术台	shǒu shù tái	operating table
国术	guó shù	martial arts
学术	xué shù	learning; science; academic; CL:個\|个[ge4]
心术	xīn shù	designs; schemes; intentions; scheming; calculating (of a person)
传心术	chuán xīn shù	telepathy
马术	mǎ shù	equestrianism; horsemanship
白术	bái zhú	the rhizome of large-headed atractylodes (Atractylodes macrocephaia)
化学品安全技术说明书	huà xué pǐn ān quán jì shù shuō míng shū	materials safety data sheet (MSDS)
手术	shǒu shù	(surgical) operation; surgery; CL:個\|个[ge4]
星相术	xīng xiàng shù	astrology
中国文学艺术界联合会	Zhōng guó Wén xué Yì shù jiè Lián hé huì	China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC); abbr. to 文聯\|文联
法术	fǎ shù	magic

These characters use 术 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
术 sound part	shù	skill, art; method, technique; trick
述	shù	to express, to state; to narrate, to tell
怵	chù	fearful, apprehensive; timid, shy
沭	shù	a river in Shantung province
秫	shú	a glutinous variety of millet