术

術
shù
#328 most
frequent character
method, technique

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

术 first drew husked sorghum, a grain, and that was its early meaning. The modern senses such as 'skill' and 'artistry' came by sound loan, not from the grain picture. It is also used for 'city streets', a simplified form of 術.

Drawn as: husked sorghum

术 as a component in other characters

sound3 characters
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Same Characters, Different Readings

术zhú
various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea

Homophones

HSK 3
树shù
tree
HSK 6
束shù
to bind, to tie, bundle, cluster
述shù
(bound form) to state, to tell
数shù
number, figure, several, a few

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