abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]
book / letter / document / CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4] / to write

= + + : Sheldon Shrimp (shu) is enjoying a good book (书) in front of the space station (Ø1). Because he is lazy, he built a thingy to hold the pages in place with a dinosaur bone (丨) and two plows (㇆). He is laying very comfortable on a petal (丶) serving as sofa.

书 character breakdown

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)

Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Gitta Giraffe (gu-) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the encampment's living room ((e)n3).
vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]

Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and is cracking it open to eat its bone marrow.
"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3]

This character shall be represented by a petal (丶) when appearing in other characters.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is napping in the space station's living room (Ø3) and hugging a petal (丶).
Character component without intrinsic meaning

= + : Mnemonic symbol: ㇆ just looks like a plow.

Someone attached a flute to the top of a crowbar to create a new instrument. When the crowbar is bowed with a plow, the vibrations of the crowbar will transfer to the flute, which in turn is producing eerie sounds.

Characters with 书 as component

书 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 书

to recite (a text) from memory; to learn a text by heart / to back; to endorse (a political candidate, product, check etc) / backing; endorsement
to recite a text from memory / to learn a text by heart / to back / to endorse (a political candidate, product, check etc) / backing / endorsement
so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted / innumerable crimes (idiom) / see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书[qing4 bi3 nan2 shu1]
letter of appointment / contract
grass script / cursive script (Chinese calligraphic style)
listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books (proverb)
to listen to stories / to listen to performance of 說書|说书 storytelling
certificate of partial completion / certificate of attendance (for a student who did not graduate)
Epistle of St Paul to Philemon
Epistle of St Paul to the Philippians
Epistle of St Paul to the Romans
History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫|刘昫[Liu2 Xu4] in 945 during Later Jin 後晉|后晋[Hou4 Jin4] of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls
too numerous to be cited (of atrocities or misdeeds) (idiom) / see also 罄竹難書|罄竹难书[qing4 zhu2 nan2 shu1]

Sentences with 书

yi̅
lǎo
chén
kàn
lái
 
 
bù
rú
xié
dài
zhào
shu̅
 
 
zhào
ta̅
shàng
tia̅n