Keyword
uncle
- father's younger brother
- Frequency
- #1712
- Strokes
- 8
Readings
shū100%
Mnemonic
The smaller 小 brother
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
叔叔
father's younger brother; paternal uncle; form of address used by children for a male one generation older
大叔
eldest of father's younger brothers; uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father)
叔
uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. shú
叔父
father's younger brother; uncle
叔母
aunt; wife of father's younger brother
叔伯
(of cousins) descending from the same grandfather or great-grandfather
小叔子
(coll.) husband's younger brother
叔本华
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German post-Kantian philosopher
表叔
son of grandfather's sister; son of grandmother's brother or sister; father's younger male cousin; (Hong Kong slang) mainlander
叔祖
grandfather's younger brother
叔公
great uncle; grandfather's younger brother; husband's father's younger brother
小叔
husband's younger brother; brother-in-law
李叔同
Liu Shutong (1880-1942), painter, Buddhist monk and distinguished figure in New Culture Movement 新文化运动 (XīnWénhuàYùndòng) after the Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命 (XīnhàiGémìng) of 1911
山姆大叔
Uncle Sam
王叔文
Wang Shuwen (735–806), Tang dynasty scholar, politician and Go player, leader of the failed Yongzhen Reform 永贞革新 (YǒngzhēnGéxīn) of 805
伯叔
father's brother (uncle); husband's brother (brother-in-law)
叔子
brother-in-law; husband's younger brother
家叔
(polite) my uncle (father's younger brother)
叔祖母
wife of paternal grandfather's younger brother