shěshè

residence

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. (mouth) indicates that the character is only "mouthed", i.e. only used for its phonetic value.

Components
口 distinguishing component

  Distinguishing component

kǒu

  

mouth

Added to differentiate between and .

余 sound component

  Sound component

  

I

Evolution

舍 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
舍 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
舍 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
舍 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

shě

discard, give up willingly; give alms; to give up; to abandon; to give alms

 

Shè

surname She

 

shě

old variant of |[shě]

 

shè

residence

Most common words with 舍
Freq.
Word
Meaning

宿舍

dormitory

to give up

舍不得

to hate to do sth

舍得

to be willing to part with sth

施舍

to give in charity

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (1 verified)

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)