須 (xū)

Must; have to

How 須 is written

Strokes
12
Radical
彡 — bristle/beard
Traditional
須
Simplified
须

Components

  • 彡 bristle/beard
  • 頁 leaf

Common words using 須

必須 bìxū
to have to; must; compulsory
無須 wúxū
need not; not obliged to; not necessarily
何須 héxū
there is no need; why should
橫須賀 héngxūhè
Yokosuka (port and navy base in the Tokyo bay)
莫須有 mòxūyǒu
groundless; baseless
須彌 xūmí
Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition; Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原[Gu4 yuan2], Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues
須彌山 xūmíshān
Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition; Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原[Gu4 yuan2], Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues
須根 xūgēn
fibrous roots
須知 xūzhī
prerequisites; rules that must be known before starting sth
須臾 xūyú
in a flash; in a jiffy
須要 xūyào
must; have to

須 in a sentence

你必須先完成功課。

Nǐ bìxū xiān wánchéng gōngkè.

“You must finish your homework first.”

How common is 須?

須 is the 444th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 73.3% of all running text.

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