A cornered rat will bite a cat.
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鼠
shǔ
HSK 3.0 · 5
shǔ · syu2 (Jyutping)
- (bound form) rat; mouse
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Character breakdown
鼠
- Meaning
- rat, mouse; Kangxi radical 208
- Radical
- 鼠
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- ⿱臼？
- Cangjie
- HXVYV
- Four-corner
- 7771.7
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Example sentences
The cat caught a mouse.
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