Read Edit View history 书 shū HSK1 book Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents ← Back to history approved by Peter Olson · Feb 3, 2021, 03:11 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Feb 3, 2021, 03:11 PM verify, add source Changed fields: hint, isVerified, components, customSources Simplified form of 書. Phonosemantic compound. 聿 represents the meaning and 者 represents the sound. The simplified character 书 is derived from the cursive form of 書. Components 聿 聿 MeaningSimplified component 者 者 SoundSimplified component Change in sound 书 and 者 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese. Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode