淑 (suk6 | shu1) : fair; pretty; virtuous

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淑

suk6

shu1

(of a woman) fair; pretty; virtuous; refined; noble

Stroke count: 11

Level: 2

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

淑

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淑德 suk6 dak1 shu1 de2 = female virtue

淑女 suk6 neoi5 = a fair maiden; a lady

遇人不淑 jyu6 jan4 bat1 suk6 yu4 ren2 bu4 shu1 [PRC] shu2 [TW] = (of a woman) be married to a scoundrel; have a good-for-nothing as a husband

賢淑 jin4 suk6 xian2 shu1 = virtuous

淑儀 suk6 ji4 = court rank for imperial concubine "the decent beauty"; given name Suk-Yee

淑媛 suk6 jyun6 = court rank for imperial concubine "the decent concubine"

淑妃 suk6 fei1 = court rank for imperial concubine "the decent consort"

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Decimal representation of this word: 淑
Unicode code for this character: U+6dd1 (off-site link)

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