Keyword
must
- beard
- necessary
- Frequency
- #494
- Strokes
- 9
Readings
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Mnemonic
Hair 彡 growing on the face 页
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
必须
must; to have to
须
must; to have to; to wait; beard; mustache; feeler (of an insect etc); tassel
无须
need not; not obliged to; not necessarily
须要
must; have to
须知
key information; instructions; it must be borne in mind
胡须
beard
莫须有
groundless; baseless
何须
there is no need; why should
横须贺
Yokosuka (port and navy base in the Tokyo bay)
剃须刀
shaver; razor
触须
tentacles; feelers; antennae
须臾
in a flash; in a jiffy
溜须拍马
to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants; to toady; boot-licking
须弥山
Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition; Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原 (Gùyuán), Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues
剃须
to shave (facial hair)
须眉
man or men (formal)
须根
fibrous root
卷须
tendril
根须
roots
须发
hair and beard
须弥
Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition; Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原 (Gùyuán), Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues
解铃还须系铃人
lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom); fig. whoever started the trouble should end it
须鲸
baleen whale; Mysticeti
蓄须
to grow a beard