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舍

shě, shè

residence

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

Components
口 distinguishing component

口  Distinguishing component

kǒu

  

mouth

Added to differentiate between 余 and 舍.

余 sound component

余  Sound component

yú

  

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

舍 (捨) 

shě

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

舍  

Shè

surname She

舍  

shě

old variant of 捨|舍[shě]

舍  

shè

residence

Most common words with 舍
Freq.
Word
Meaning

宿舍

dormitory

舍

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)

舒 舖

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

捨 啥 猞

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*l̥Aʔ

syaeX

shě

set aside, give up

*[l̥]Ak-s (W dialect: *l̥- > *x-, palatalizing)

syaeH

shè

lodging-house


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 12.8464% of movies

1700th most common character in movies

1344th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

捨

Unicode

U+820D

Shuowen

“舍，市居曰舍。从亼、屮，象屋也。口象築也。”


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