书 shū▶ libro

Stroke order

书 is written in 4 strokes.

• 书

Senses

1. book
2. letter
3. document
4. to write

Example sentences

• 这本书很好。Zhè běn shū hěn hǎo.This book is very good.
• 我在看一本书。Wǒ zài kàn yī běn shū.I am reading a book.

Related words

• 图书馆Biblioteca
• 书架estantería
• 秘书secretario
• 书法Caligrafía
• 书籍libro
• 书记secretario

书 is pronounced shū and means “libro”. HSK 1 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 书 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.