Read Edit View history 竪 shù HSK7 perpendicular Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangdjoʔ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 竖 shù perpendicular Simplified Original meaning: servant Based on the original meaning "servant". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Components 𰀡 𰀡 Meaning component qiān to gouge out an eye 豆 豆 SoundSimplified component dòu bean Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode