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舒

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to stretch; to unfold; to relax; leisurely

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HSK 3.0
Level 2
Old HSK
Level 3
Strokes
12
Radical
舌 +6
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
舒
Common rank
#1,595
Unicode
U+8212

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Formation & memory

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How 舒 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

舍 meaning “home” + 予 sound ( yǔ )

Components 舍 予

How to remember it

relax · Heisig RSH #2264

舍 abode + 予 bestow

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 舒

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

WordPinyinMeaning
图木舒克市 Tú mù shū kè shì Tumxuk shehiri (Tumshuq city) or Túmùshūkè subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang
舒一口气 shū yī kǒu qì to heave a sigh of relief
西蒙·舒斯特 Xī měng · Shū sī tè Simon and Schuster, US publisher
图木舒克 Tú mù shū kè Tumxuk shehiri (Tumshuq city) or Túmùshūkè subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang
舒城县 Shū chéng Xiàn Shucheng, a county in Lu'an City 六安市[Lu4 an1 Shi4], Anhui
舒兰市 Shū lán Shì Shulan, a county-level city in Jilin City 吉林市[Ji2 lin2 Shi4], Jilin
不舒服 bù shū fu unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy
舒心 shū xīn comfortable; happy
安舒 ān shū at peace; relaxed; serene
舒气 shū qì to heave a sigh of relief; to get one's breath back; to vent one's spleen
心脏舒张压 xīn zàng shū zhāng yā diastolic blood pressure
舒张压 shū zhāng yā diastolic blood pressure
舒城 Shū chéng see 舒城縣|舒城县[Shu1 cheng2 Xian4]
舒马赫 Shū mǎ hè Michael Schumacher (1969-), former German racing driver
舒肥法 shū féi fǎ (Tw) (loanword) sous vide
舒兰 Shū lán see 舒蘭市|舒兰市[Shu1 lan2 Shi4]
希舒美 Xī shū měi Zithromax (brand name for the antibiotic azithromycin 阿奇黴素|阿奇霉素[a1 qi2 mei2 su4])
舒梦兰 Shū Mèng lán Shu Menglan (1759-1835), Qin dynasty writer, poet and editor of Anthology of ci poems tune…
不舒适 bù shū shì uncomfortable
舒适区 shū shì qū comfort zone

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 予 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
予 sound part yǔ to give; to award
野 yě field, open country; wilderness
预 yù to prepare, to arrange; in advance
序 xù order, sequence, series; preface
豫 yù relaxed; hesitant
妤 yú beautiful, handsome, fair
杼 zhù scrub oak; long, narrow, thin; sewing shuttle