啥
shá
dialectal equivalent of 什麼|什么[shen2 me5]; also pr. [sha4]
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 口 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 啥
- Common rank
- #4,496
- Unicode
- U+5565
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 啥
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 啥子 | (dialect) what | |
| 为啥 | dialectal equivalent of 為什麼|为什么[wei4 shen2 me5] | |
| 呒啥 | dialectal equivalent of 沒什麼|没什么[mei2 shen2 me5] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 舍 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 舍 sound part | house, dwelling; to reside, to dwell; to abandon, to give up | |
| 猞 | lynx, wild cat |