瘦shòu
thin, skinny. 14 strokes, radical 疒, first met in HSK 5.
Pinyin shòuStrokes 14Radical 疒Band HSK 5Words 1
How to write 瘦
Strokes 1–5 write 疒, then strokes 6–14 write 叟.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 瘦 · the stroke-order rules
What 瘦 is made of
疒 (nè, sickness) and 叟 (sǒu, old man).
疒 carries the meaning — sickness — and 叟 carries the sound.
Words that use 瘦
| 瘦 | thin, skinny 形容身体脂肪少、不丰满 洪涝过后他明显瘦了许多。After the flood, he looked noticeably thinner. Lesson 485, 耕墨抚灾 · 文心雅韵与躬行敏求 · Refined Arts & Resourceful Deeds |
Characters that share the sound part 叟
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 疒
All 8 of them, and what the radical means, on the 疒 radical page.