舍
·shě
(bound form) residence; house; (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself, as in 舍妹[she4 mei4]); (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li 里[li3]
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #941 U+820D
How 舍 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
人 (semantic, “the shape of a roof”) + 舌 (phonetic, shé)
How to remember it
abode · Heisig RSH #1599
meeting + 古 ancient
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 舌
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 舌 (shé) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 舌 sound component | shé | tongue; bell clapper |
| 活 | huó | to exist, to live, to survive; living, working |
| 适 | shì | match, comfortable; just |
| 括 | kuò | to embrace, to enclose, to include |
| 刮 | guā | to shave; to scrape; to blow |
| 恬 | tián | calm, peaceful; quiet, tranquil |
| 蛞 | kuò | snail, slug; mole cricket |
| 栝 | guā | a builder's frame for measuring |
| 鸹 | guā | crow |
Words containing 舍
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巴尔舍夫斯基 | Bā ěr shě fū sī jī | (Charlene) Barshefsky, US trade negotiator |
| 新斯科舍 | Xīn sī kē shè | Nova Scotia province, Canada |
| 舍利子塔 | shè lì zi tǎ | see 舍利塔[she4 li4 ta3] |
| 舍利子 | shè lì zi | see 舍利[she4 li4] |
| 舍不得 | shě bu de | to hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge |
| 舍生取义 | shě shēng qǔ yì | to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius); to choose honor over life; would … |
| 难分难舍 | nán fēn nán shě | loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate |
| 难舍难分 | nán shě nán fēn | loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate |
| 四舍五入 | sì shě wǔ rù | (math.) to round up or down; to round off |
| 神不守舍 | shén bù shǒu shè | (idiom) absentminded; dazed; distracted |
| 舍利塔 | shè lì tǎ | (Buddhism) stupa, mound-shaped monument containing Buddhist relics such as śarīra 舍利[she4 … |
| 舍身求法 | shě shēn qiú fǎ | to abandon one's body in the search for Buddha's truth (idiom) |
| 费舍尔 | Fèi shě ěr | (name) Fisher or Fischer |
| 三瓦两舍 | sān wǎ liǎng shè | places of pleasure (like brothels, tea houses etc) |
| 不舍 | bù shě | reluctant to part with (sth or sb); unwilling to let go of |
| 舍人 | shè rén | ancient office title; rich and important person |
| 学舍 | xué shè | school building; school; (Tw) student dormitory |
| 难舍难离 | nán shě nán lí | loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate |
| 舍利 | shè lì | (Buddhism) relic found in the cremated ashes of Buddhists (from Sanskrit "śarīra") |
| 舍下 | shě xià | to abandon; to lay down |