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Radical: 忄 13 strokes
Meaning: guileless
💡 Think 'soo' as in 'so true' — heart (忄) plus plain (素) = pure emotion.
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📚 Character Story & Explanation

愫 (sù) meaning in English —

In a cozy Beijing teahouse, Li Wei tells her friend, '我向你表达我的真情愫' (I express my true feelings to you). 愫 (sù) means 'guileless' or 'sincere emotion,' often used in formal or literary contexts to describe genuine, unpretentious feelings. It combines the heart radical 忄 with 素 (plain), suggesting an unadorned heart.

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