Chinese Character Wiki
涉

shè

wade

Depicts taking steps (步) through water (氵).

Components
氵 iconic component

氵  Iconic component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

步 iconic component

步  Iconic component

bù

  

step

Evolution

涉 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
涉 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
涉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

涉  

shè

ford stream, wade across; to wade; to be involved; to concern; to experience; to enter (classical)

Most common words with 涉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

涉及

to involve

涉嫌

to be suspected of

干涉

to interfere

涉

to wade

牵涉

to involve

Component uses

Iconic component in 4 characters (4 verified)

频 頻 瀕 濒

Remnant component in 2 characters (2 verified)

频 頻

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 20.1506% of movies

1614th most common character in movies

1239th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+6D89

Shuowen

“，徒行厲水也。从沝，从步。涉，篆文从水。”


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