舒 shū
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 舌 — tongue
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
舒展
shūzhǎn
to stretch; to unfold; relaxed and spacious
Characters in this word
展 zhǎn
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 尸 — body, corpse
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 做完康复训练后，他慢慢舒展双臂，动作比昨天自然多了。 Zuò wán kāngfù xùnliàn hòu, tā mànmàn shūzhǎn shuāngbì, dòngzuò bǐ zuótiān zìrán duō le. After finishing his rehabilitation exercises, he slowly stretched out both arms, and his movements were much more natural than yesterday.
- 清晨在公园里舒展一下身体，一整天都会很有精神。 Qīngchén zài gōngyuán lǐ shūzhǎn yīxià shēntǐ, yī zhěng tiān dūhuì hěn yǒu jīngshen. Stretching your body in the park early in the morning keeps you energetic all day.
- 听到这个好消息，她紧皱的眉头终于舒展了。 Tīngdào zhège hǎo xiāoxi, tā jǐn zhòu de méitóu zhōngyú shūzhǎn le. Hearing this good news, her knitted brows finally relaxed.
Related words
- 舒服 shūfu comfortable
- 舒适 shūshì comfortable
- 舒畅 shūchàng comfortable; relaxed and happy
- 发展 fāzhǎn to develop
- 进展 jìnzhǎn progress; development
- 开展 kāizhǎn to carry out; to develop
- 展开 zhǎnkāi to unfold; to begin
- 扩展 kuòzhǎn to expand; to extend
- 展览 zhǎnlǎn exhibition
- 展示 zhǎnshì to show
- 展现 zhǎnxiàn to show; to reveal
- 参展 cānzhǎn to participate in an exhibition