束 (shù) — Chinese Character

束

shù

bundle; cluster; to bind; measure word

Radical: 木 HSK 3 q, v ideographic

Components & Etymology

束 decomposes into the following components:

木口

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 束.

光束

guāng shù

light beam

多束

duō shù

multibeam (e.g. laser)

拘束

jū shù

to restrict

收束

shōu shù

散束

sàn shù

scattering of bundle (of electrons in vacuum tube)

束修

shù xiū

束发

shù fà

to bind one's hair

束手

shù shǒu

to have one's hands tied

束狭

shù xiá

narrow (of waterway)

束紧

shù jǐn

gird

束缚

shù fù

to bind

束脩

shù xiū

payment for private tutor

Characters that share the radical 木.

Practice this character with stroke-order training, spaced repetition, and reading passages across all HSK levels.