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Meaning of 绶

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(Trad.: 綬)
Pinyin: shòu
English Definition: cord on a seal
Chinese Definition:
①一种丝质带子,古代常用来拴在印纽上,后用来拴勋章:印绶。绶带。
Total strokes: 11; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (silk) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ ] silk; thread
    • [ shòu ] to receive, to get, to accept; to bear
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Example Words
绶带 shòu dài ribbon (as a decoration); cordon (diagonal belt worn as a sign of office or honor)
吐绶鸡 shòu turkey
印绶 yìn shòu sealed ribbon fastening correspondence (in former times)
亚洲绶带 zhōu shòu dài (bird species of China) Asian paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi); also called 寿带
解绶去职 jiě shòu zhí to resign (idiom)
More:绶* | *绶 | *绶*
Example Sentences
1
Anderson started out on his alcoholic binges at quite an early age.
2
The plastic bags levy can alleviate the pollution problems caused by plastic bags.
3
寿
寿
The character ribbon held in phoenix's mouth is homophonic to character longevity in Chinese.
4
I started to learn English when I was a child.
5
广
Sir Martin Sorrell, a British adman, talks of the dawn of a "Latin American decade".