術
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shù · skill, art

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11Total strokes

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Left-middle-rightCharacter structure

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行Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 術

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Example sentences

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Wǒ bù xiǎng jiē shòu shǒu shù.我不想接受手術。

I don't want to have an operation.

Source: Tatoeba #881557 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ qù nián shàng le yì táng yì shù kè.我去年上了一堂藝術課。

I took an art class last year.

Source: Tatoeba #881087 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā de jì shù shì gōng rèn de.他的技術是公認的。

Everyone recognized his skill.

Source: Tatoeba #345279 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ qù nián dòng le qīng guāng yǎn shǒu shù.我去年動了青光眼手術。

I had an operation for glaucoma last year.

Source: Tatoeba #13967748 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tāng mǔ de yǒng shù bǐ wǒ mén suǒ yǒu rén dōu yào hǎo dé duō.湯姆的泳術比我們所有人都要好得多。

Of us all, Tom was by far the best swimmer.

Source: Tatoeba #708761 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tāng mǔ gēn wǒ dōu shì yì shù jiā.湯姆跟我都是藝術家。

Tom and I are both artists.

Source: Tatoeba #12286998 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 術 in context

  1. Say shù, then recall the core meaning: skill, art.
  2. Write all 11 strokes while keeping the left-middle-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 術 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.