Dong Chinese dictionary

shè

build

Depicts the process of setting something up using speech (讠) and a hand holding a tool (殳).

Components

讠 Meaning component

yán

speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

殳 Meaning component

shū

weapon or tool

Depicts a hand holding a tool.

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

shè

build; establish; display; particle of hypothesis, supposing; to set up; to arrange; to establish; to found; to display

Most common words with 设

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