shū

(literary) to kill; to behead; to sever; to separate; to surpass

(bound form) different; (bound form) special; remarkable; (literary) very; extremely

death (歹) + sound: shū (朱) = severed, different, special

歹 signals death or harm, anchoring the original meaning of severing or killing. 朱 mainly contributes the sound shū; the sense of difference or distinction grew from that root idea of a fatal, irreversible separation.

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这两件事性质异,不能混为一谈。

zhè liǎng jiàn shì xìng zhì shū yì,bù néng hùn wéi yī tán。

these two matters are of remarkably different natures and cannot be lumped together.

他在这个领域取得了荣,让大家都很佩服。

tā zài zhège lǐngyù qǔdéle shū róng,ràng dàjiā dōu hěn pèifú。

he received a special honor in this field, earning everyone's admiration.

Words with 殊

同途殊归

tóng tú shū guī

same road out, different ones back

悬殊

xuán shū

vastly different; poles apart

文殊菩萨

wén shū pú sà

Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness

文殊

wén shū

Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness

文殊师利菩萨

wén shū shī lì pú sà

Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness

殊死

shū sǐ

to behead

殊不知

shū bù zhī

little imagined

殊域周咨录

shū yù zhōu zī lù

Ming dynasty record (1574) of exploration and foreign relations

殊姿

shū zī

differing attitude

殊荣

shū róng

special glory

殊深轸念

shū shēn zhěn niàn

extreme solicitude (idiom); expressing the deepest condolences

殊异

shū yì

entirely different

More characters with 歹