shǔ

public office

Components
罒 meaning component

  Meaning component

wǎng

  

Radical 122

network

者 sound component

  Sound component

zhě

  

one who...

Evolution

署 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
署 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
署 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
署 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

shǔ

public office; office; bureau; to sign; to arrange

Most common words with 署
Freq.
Word
Meaning

签署

to sign (an agreement)

部署

to dispose

office

署名

to sign (a signature)

总署

general office

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m-taʔ-s

dzyoH

shǔ

to place; position


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 11.1485% of movies

1822nd most common character in movies

1379th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+7F72

Shuowen

“署,部署,有所网屬。从网,者聲。”


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