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書

書 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “book”. It is built from 一 (one) and 日 (sun). It appears as a component in 1 other character in this index.

Keyword
book
Pinyin (Mandarin)
shū
Script
Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as
book, letter, document, документ, книга, письмо, letter, document
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
書 write

Decomposition

ids

  1. 𦘒
  2. 一 one
  3. 日 sun

Characters that contain 書

How to find 書 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “one” + “sun”. 書 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 書 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.