鼠(shǔ): (bound form) rat
HSK 513 strokes
(bound form) rat
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- shǔ
- Meaning
- (bound form) rat; mouse
- Strokes
- 13
- HSK level
- HSK 5
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 鼠 comes from and how its parts fit together.
Pictograph
⿱臼？A mouse, with two paws to the left and the tail to the right
A drawing of the thing it names.
Made of
Parts are arranged top to bottom.
How to write 鼠 step by step
13 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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Words with 鼠
Common words using 鼠 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom)
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