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shū
  1. 1.(literary) to kill; to behead; to sever; to separate; to surpass
  2. 2.(bound form) different
  3. 3.(bound form) special; remarkable
  4. 4.(literary) very; extremely

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to behead; to decapitate; to kill
  2. 2.to die; to lose one's life
  3. 3.to cut off; to sever
  4. 4.different; disparate; dissimilar
  5. 5.to distinguish; to differentiate
  6. 6.outstanding; exceptional; excellent
  7. 7.special; peculiar; distinctive
  8. 8.extremely; very
  9. 9.still; yet
  10. 10.a surname

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *to, *djo): semantic 歺 + phonetic 朱 (OC *tjo). Perhaps related to 觸 (OC *tʰjoɡ, “to butt, knock against”); see there for more (STEDT).

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