楚
chǔChǔ HSK2

clear

楚 chǔ frequency
clear punctuation
distinct, clear, or orderly

他把事情的经过说得一清二楚。

tā bǎ shì​qing de jīng​guò shuō de yī​qīng'èr​chǔ.

He explained the whole story very clearly.

pain noun
physical or mental suffering and pain

失去亲人的痛楚让他难以承受。

shī​qù qīn​rén de tòng chǔ ràng tā nán​yǐ chéng​shòu.

The pain of losing a loved one was more than he could bear.

punishment cane noun
a cane or rod used for corporal punishment in ancient times

古时私塾老师常备有楚木，用以惩罚不听话的学生。

gǔ​shí sī​shú lǎo​shī cháng bèi​yǒu chǔ mù, yòng​yǐ chéng​fá bù tīng​huà de xué​sheng.

In ancient times, private school teachers often kept switches to punish disobedient students.

Vitex bush abbreviation
a deciduous bush (genus Vitex) used in Chinese medicine

山民们从山上采回新鲜的楚来编织篮筐。

shān​mín men cóng shān shàng cǎi huí xīn​xiān de chǔ lái biān​zhī lán​kuāng.

The mountain folk gathered fresh twigs from the mountains to weave baskets.

楚 Chǔ
Chu kingdom place name
Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722–221 BC)

楚国是战国七雄之一。

Chǔ​guó shì zhàn​guó​qī​xióng zhī yī.

The State of Chu was one of the Seven Warring States.

Chu proper name
Chinese surname

楚先生是我的大学导师。

Chǔ xiān​sheng shì wǒ de dà​xué dǎo​shī.

Mr. Chu is my university mentor.

Frequency
Character
Written text
859th most common 205.9 per million
Movie subtitles
615th most common 228.1 per million appears in 69% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
6.23 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
20.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
13
Unicode
U+695A

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