鼠

shǔ
#1,691 most
frequent character
mouse, rat
noun

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

鼠 first showed a mouse slipping into its hole. That gave the first meaning, rodents that live in caves. Later it came to mean rat and mouse.

Drawn as: mouse entering hole

鼠 as a component in other characters

meaning7 characters
鼹鼬鼩鼯鼷鼱鼢
picture1 character
巤

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Example Sentences

我家有一只可爱的鼠。
wǒjiā yǒu yīzhī kěài de shǔ 。
My family has a cute mouse.
田野里有很多老鼠。
tiányě lǐ yǒu hěnduō lǎoshǔ 。
There are many rats in the fields.
这只鼠比那只要小。
zhè zhī shǔ bǐ nà zhǐyào xiǎo 。
This mouse is smaller than that one.

Words with similar meanings

耗子hàozǐ
mouse
More colloquial; often used in informal contexts.
老鼠lǎoshǔ
rat
Refers specifically to rats, which are larger and often considered less endearing.

Homophones

HSK 6
数shǔ
to count, to enumerate
属shǔ
be born in the year of (one of the twelve animals)
署shǔ
office, bureau, to arrange

Words Starting With 鼠

鼠标shǔ biāo
mouse (computing)

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