shù

tell, narrate

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
辶 meaning component

  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

is a component form of .

术 sound component

  Sound component

shùzhú

  

art

Evolution

述 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
述 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
述 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
述 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

shù

narrate, state, express; to state; to tell; to narrate; to relate

Most common words with 述
Freq.
Word
Meaning

描述

to describe

上述

aforementioned

讲述

to talk about

陈述

an assertion

to state