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shū
HSK 7freq #10902

Meanings

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shū
  1. 1.to comb
  2. 2.(bound form) a comb

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.comb; brush (Classifier: 把 c)
  2. 2.to comb; to brush (hair, etc.)
  3. 3.Classifier for bunches of fruit, especially bananas.
  4. 4.Used in transcription.

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sŋra): semantic 木 + abbreviated phonetic 疏 (OC *sŋra, *sŋras). Traditionally thought to be related to 疏 (OC *sŋra, “distant; sparse”), as compared to 篦 (OC *piː, *bis, “fine-tooth comb”) (Shiming; Wang, 1982). However, Schuessler (2007) considers this to be folk etymology and instead proposes that this is related to Tibetan གཤོད (gshod, “to comb”), Proto-Kuki-Chin *hriat (“to comb; to brush”). STEDT provisionally reconstructs Proto-Tibeto-Burman *g-s-y(w)at (“to comb; to brush”) and also notes possible connection to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m-si-t (“comb; rake”).

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