| shù | ordinary |
| 庶 | numerous common people (or populace) born of a concubine |
| 庶人 | common person |
| 庶几 | similar almost if only |
| 庶出 | bastardy |
| 庶务 | general affairs; business matters |
| 庶子 | bastard commoner son of royalty |
| 庶室 | concubine |
| 庶母 | concubine-mother |
| 庶民 | the multitude of common people (in highbrow literature) plebeian |