しゅ
 
 
 

expression, Godan verb

  1. to devise an elaborate plan, to exercise one's ingenuity, to work out a scheme.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
しゅ
 
 
 
趣向を凝らす しゅこうをこらす

Contained Kanji Breakdown

purport, gist, elegance
シュ おもむき おもむ.く (Early Jr. High, N1)
run
はし.る ソウ はしり (2nd, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
stop, halt
と.まる シ どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
take, fetch, take up
と.る シュ とり (3rd, N3)
ear
みみ ジ がみ (1st, N3)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (Late Jr. High, N1)
yonder, facing, beyond
む.く コウ むかい (3rd, N3)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
desert, border prairie, the 1st form is radical 13
キョウ ケイ まきがまえ
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
congeal, freeze, stiff
こ.る ギョウ こご.らす (Late Jr. High, N1)
two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)
ヒョウ こおり (Kentei 1)
doubt, distrust, be suspicious
ギ うたが.う (6th, N3)
doubt, (疑 variant)
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ さじ (Kentei 1)
dart, arrow
や シ (2nd, N1)
person, (人 variant)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
head, counter for animals
ヒキ ショ ソ (Kentei Pre-1)
stop, halt
と.まる シ どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)