Characters in this word

6
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category, genus (taxonomy), family members, dependents, to belong to, subordinate to, affiliated with, be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals), to be, to prove to be, to constitute

Pinyin
shǔ
Traditional
Strokes
12
Frequency
11011 of 2500
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

of; ~'s (possessive particle), (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun), (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis), (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"), also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs

Pinyin
de
Strokes
8
Frequency
1 of 2500