竖 Strokes Write it Listen 竖 shù to erect; vertical; vertical stroke (in Chinese characters) HSK 7–9 9 strokes Radical 立 Ideograph 2 words Built from刂dāoknife又yòuand, also, again, in addition立lìto stand; to establish, to set up How it worksA person 又 standing 立 as straight as a knife 刂.