書
shū HSK1

book

书 (書) shū
book noun
a book, volume, or published work

我买了一本新书。

wǒ mǎi le yī běn xīn shū.

I bought a new book.

letter noun
a letter or piece of correspondence

他收到了朋友托人带回的一封亲笔书。

tā shōu​dào le péng​you tuō rén dài​huí de yī fēng qīn​bǐ shū.

He received a handwritten letter brought back by a friend.

write verb
to write, compose, or practice calligraphy

他提笔在宣纸上书了一个大大的“龙”字。

tā tí​bǐ zài xuān​zhǐ shàng shū le yī gè dà dà de“ lóng” zì.

He picked up a brush and wrote a large character 'Dragon' on rice paper.

document noun
an official document, certificate, or script

请仔细阅读这份说明书。

qǐng zǐ​xì yuè​dú zhè fèn shuō​míng shū.

Please read this instruction manual carefully.

Cross-References

Classifier

Abbreviation of

Frequency
Character
Written text
282nd most common 782.2 per million
Movie subtitles
503rd most common 285.2 per million appears in 58% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
213.2 per million appears in 37% of films
Written text
189.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Simplified
书
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+66F8

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)