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CHINESE CHARACTER

鼠 (shǔ): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

shǔ
rat, mouse
HSK 513 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

Primary radical

鼠 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 鼠.

Visible components

鼠 is decomposed as ⿱臼?.

STROKES · 13

Write 鼠 in 13 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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Examples using 鼠

鼠标

要不要买个无线鼠标呢?

Yào bu yào mǎi gè wú xiàn shǔ biāo ne?

Should I buy a wireless mouse?

老鼠

猫抓住了老鼠。

Māo zhuā zhù le lǎo shǔ。

The cat caught a mouse.

FAQ

What does 鼠 (shǔ) mean in Chinese?

rat, mouse

How do you write 鼠 in stroke order?

鼠 has 13 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 鼠?

鼠 is the radical in 鼠. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 鼠?

鼠标 (shǔbiāo): (computing) mouse; 老鼠 (lǎoshǔ): rat; mouse.