肃

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respectful; solemn; to eliminate; to clean up

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HSK 3.0: Level 5
Old HSK: Level 5
Strokes: 8
Radical: 聿 +4
Structure: Top–bottom 上下
Traditional: 肅
Common rank: #1,954
Unicode: U+8083

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Formation & memory

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How 肃 is formed

Components 肀 ? unknown part

How to remember it

solemn · Heisig RSH #2212

rake + animal legs + crutches

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 肃

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
肃北蒙古族自治县	Sù běi Měng gǔ zú Zì zhì xiàn	Subei Mongol Autonomous County, in Jiuquan City 酒泉市[Jiu3 quan2 Shi4], Gansu
肃反运动	sù fǎn yùn dòng	purge of counterrevolutionaries (esp. Mao's purge of hidden counterrevolutionaries 1955-56…
肃南县	Sù nán Xiàn	see 肅南裕固族自治縣\|肃南裕固族自治县[Su4 nan2 Yu4 gu4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
肃南裕固族自治县	Sù nán Yù gù zú Zì zhì xiàn	Sunan Yugur Autonomous County, in Zhangye City 張掖市\|张掖市[Zhang1 ye4 Shi4], Gansu
肃州区	Sù zhōu Qū	Suzhou, a district of Jiuquan City 酒泉市[Jiu3 quan2 Shi4], Gansu
肃北县	Sù běi Xiàn	see 肅北蒙古族自治縣\|肃北蒙古族自治县[Su4 bei3 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
肃宁县	Sù níng Xiàn	Suning, a county in Cangzhou City 滄州市\|沧州市[Cang1 zhou1 Shi4], Hebei
肃然起敬	sù rán qǐ jìng	to feel deep veneration for sb (idiom)
肃南	Sù nán	see 肅南裕固族自治縣\|肃南裕固族自治县[Su4 nan2 Yu4 gu4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
肃州	Sù zhōu	see 肅州區\|肃州区[Su4 zhou1 Qu1]
甘肃柳莺	Gān sù liǔ yīng	(bird species of China) Gansu leaf warbler (Phylloscopus kansuensis)
肃反	sù fǎn	to eliminate counterrevolutionaries (abbr. for 肅清反革命分子\|肃清反革命分子[su4 qing1 fan3 ge2 ming4 fe…
肃北	Sù běi	see 肅北蒙古族自治縣\|肃北蒙古族自治县[Su4 bei3 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
肃清	sù qīng	to purge
肃然	sù rán	respectful; solemn; awed
王肃	Wáng Sù	Wang Su (c. 195-256), classical scholar of Cao Wei dynasty, believed to have forged severa…
肃立	sù lì	to stand respectfully; (of trees, mountains) standing tall and majestic
肃宁	Sù níng	see 肅寧縣\|肃宁县[Su4 ning2 Xian4]
甘肃省	Gān sù Shěng	Gansu Province, capital Lanzhou 蘭州市\|兰州市[Lan2 zhou1 Shi4] (short name 甘[Gan1] or 隴\|陇[Long3]…
唐肃宗	Táng Sù zōng	Emperor Suzong of Tang (711-762), reign name of eighth Tang emperor Li Heng 李亨[Li3 Heng1],…

Sound family

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
肃 sound part	sù	to pay respects; solemn, reverent
啸	xiào	to roar, to howl; to scream; to whistle
箫	xiāo	bamboo flute
骕	sù	a famous horse
鹔	sù	the turquoise kingfisher