Chinese Word: 藪 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

藪 (Simplified: 薮)

Pinyin: sǒu

English Definition: marsh; gathering place

Chinese Definition:
①生长着很多草的湖泽：薮泽。
②人或物聚集的地方：渊薮。
③指民间、草野：辞朝(cháo)归薮。
④古同“搜”，搜求。

Total strokes: 18; Radical: 艸

Pictophonetic:數 indicates the sound; 艹 (grass) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 艹 [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
- 數 [ shù ] count, number, several

Similar Characters: 籔

1		tā men 他们 de 的 tóu nǎo 头脑 dōu 都 zài 在 sǒu 薮 zhī zhōng 之中。 Their brains are all within the thicket.
2		tā 他 de 的《 shī 诗 sǒu 薮》 shì 是 míng dài 明代 zhōng qī 中期 yī bù 一部 zhòng yào 重要 de 的 shī huà 诗话 zhù zuò 著作， shū 书 zhōng 中 huì jù 汇聚 le 了 qí 其 duì 对 lì dài 历代 shī gē 诗歌 zuò pǐn 作品 de 的 píng jià 评价。 His great book called Shisou is an excellent work during the Ming period. He gave his points of views to the old poems.

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