Comb in Chinese (Mandarin): 梳子 (shūzi)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 梳子

• 梳

  To comb. 木 (wood) is on the left: combs were made of wood.

  11 strokes

• 子

  A small thing; added to many object names.

  3 strokes

梳 is both the comb and combing: 用梳子梳头 is "comb your hair with a comb". 梳子 is said shūzi, the 子 light.

More examples with 梳子

• 我的梳子不见了。

  我的梳子不見了。

  Wǒ de shūzi bú jiàn le.

  My comb is missing.

• 妈妈用梳子给我梳头。

  媽媽用梳子給我梳頭。

  Māma yòng shūzi gěi wǒ shū tóu.

  Mom combs my hair with a comb.

How to write 梳子 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.