楚 (chǔ)
clear; distinct; neat; suffering
How 楚 is written
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 林 — N/A
- Traditional
- 楚
- Simplified
- 楚 (unchanged)
Components
- 林 N/A
- 疋 bolt of cloth
Common words using 楚
- 清楚 qīngchu
- clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly
- 楚楚 chǔchǔ
- neat; lovely
- 痛楚 tòngchǔ
- pain; anguish; suffering
- 苦楚 kǔchǔ
- suffering; misery; pain (esp. psychological)
- 一清二楚 yīqīngèrchǔ
- to be very clear about sth (idiom)
- 凄楚 qīchǔ
- sad; wretched; miserable
- 四面楚歌 sìmiànchǔgē
- lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom); fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help
- 朝秦暮楚 zhāoqínmùchǔ
- serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom); quick to switch sides
- 楚國 chǔguó
- the state of Chu (history)
- 楚州 chǔzhōu
- Chuzhou district of Huai'an city 淮安市[Huai2 an1 shi4], Jiangsu
- 楚州區 chǔzhōuqū
- Chuzhou district of Huai'an city 淮安市[Huai2 an1 shi4], Jiangsu
- 楚河漢界 chǔhéhànjiè
- lit. the river that divides Chu and Han; fig. a line that divides rival territories; the mid-line between sides on a Chinese chessboard
楚 in a sentence
老師說的話，你聽清楚了嗎？
Lǎoshī shuō de huà, nǐ tīng qīngchǔ le ma?
“Did you hear clearly what the teacher said?”
How common is 楚?
楚 is the 857th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 86.6% of all running text.
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