= xu + Ø1
must / to have to / to wait
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= xu + Ø1
beard / mustache / feeler (of an insect etc) / tassel
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How to pronounce 须

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= xu initial

Xu is for Xu Xian.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ Ø1 final

In front of the space station.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago

须 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
shān = sh + an1
"bristle" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 59)
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xié = xi + e2
head
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= y + e4
page / leaf
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Characters with 须 as component

= xu + Ø1
(dialect) elder sister (old)
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Words with 须

to have to / must / compulsory / necessarily
beard / CL:根[gen1],綹|绺[liu3]
need not / not obliged to / not necessarily

Sentences with 须

须 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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