梳 shū
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 木 tree 㐬 pennant
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
梳子
shūzi
comb
Characters in this word
子 zi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 她把那把木梳子保存了二十年，因为那是母亲留给她的遗物。 Tā bǎ nà bǎ mù shūzi bǎocún le èrshí nián, yīnwèi nà shì mǔqīn liú gěi tā de yíwù. She kept that wooden comb for twenty years because it was a keepsake left to her by her mother.
- 我把梳子忘在家里了，你有没有多余的？ Wǒ bǎ shūzi wàng zài jiā lǐ le, nǐ yǒu méiyǒu duōyú de? I left my comb at home — do you have a spare one?
- 她用一把旧梳子轻轻梳着长长的头发。 Tā yòng yī bǎ jiù shūzi qīngqīng shūzhe chángcháng de tóufa. With an old comb she gently combs her long hair.